[With special requests for comments from Eris, Kelly, and David]:
How are the following five rules as the basis for adjusting rules
adjudication (and especially rules violations) along the lines of
a type of contract law including specific inalienable rights?
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Contract Law
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Amend Rule 1742 (Agreements between Players) to read:
Players may make agreements among themselves with the intention
that such agreements will be binding; i.e. that they become
parties to the agreement and agree to be bound by the agreement.
If such an agreement is subsequently broken, any player party to
that agreement may then call a CFJ alleging that the agreement
has been broken. If the judge of such a CFJ finds that the
agreement was entered into with the intention that the agreement
be binding, and that the agreement has in fact been broken, then
e may order the breaching party to perform according to the
agreement, or perform substitute acts that would fairly serve the
interests of the agreement; e may further order the other parties
of the agreement to perform such acts as may be necessary to
preserve fairness and justice.
Nothing in this rule shall be construed so as to impair the
enforcement of an agreement which requires a Player to violate
another agreement.
If a CFJ alleging that an agreement has been broken is called by
anyone who is not party to that agreement, then it lacks
standing and shall be dismissed.
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Create the following Rule, entitled "Rights and Privileges" with a
power of 3:
The rules may define persons as possessing specific rights
or privileges.
No binding agreement may abridge, reduce, limit, or remove a
person's defined rights.
A person's defined privileges are assumed to exist in the
absense of an explicit, binding agreement to the contrary.
This rule takes precedence over any rule which would allow
restrictions of a person's rights or privileges.
Every person has the right to invoke judgement.
Every person has the right to appeal a judgement.
Every person has the right to refuse to become party to
a binding agreement. The absense of a person's explicit,
willful consent shall be considered a refusal.
Every person has the right to not be considered bound by
an agreement, or an amendment to an agreement, which e has
not had the reasonable opportunity to review.
Every person has the right of participation in the fora.
Every person has the right to defend emself against an
allegation that e has broken an agreement.
Every person has the right to not be penalized more than
once for any single action or inaction.
Every person has the privilege of doing what e wilt.
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Amend Rule 1503 (Crimes and Infractions) by naming it
"Rules Violations", setting its Power to 3, and amending it to read:
In general, the Rules shall be adjudicated as if the
Rules were a binding agreement between all Players, entered
into by every player as a part of becoming a player.
Other rules may further differentiate procedures of rules
adjudication from procedures of adjudication for other types
of agreements.
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Repeal Rule 2107 (Contracts)
Repeal Rule 2108 (Contract Maintenance)
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Increase the power of Rule 2109 (Agoran Contracts) to 2 and amend
it to read:
There exists a type of binding agreement known as Agoran Contract.
An Agoran Contract may only be created or amended by a Proposal and
becomes effective when the Proposal takes effect.
Unless otherwise specified in the Rules, all Players are
bound by Agoran Contracts and no Player may leave an Agoran
Contract while remaining a Player. The Proposal process shall,
prima facie, be considered to be protective of a Player's rights
and priveleges with respect to agreements.
All Rules regulating Contracts that are inconsistent with this
Rule are superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.
The ADoP is required to keep track of all Agoran Contracts.
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Amend Rule 1626 (Applications) to read:
An Application is any document, which has been submitted as an
Application by some person, to a Player designed by the Rules
to receive Applications of that particular type. The submittor
is known as the Application's Sponsor.
The Sponsor of an Application may attach the signatures of other
persons, or signatories, to the Application at the time e
submits it. The Sponsor may not attach any signature to an
Application without first having obtained the explicit consent
of the signatory. A signatory may revoke eir consent, once
granted, by informing the Sponsor before submission.
Signatures are presumed to have been attached with the consent
of the signatory. This presumption shall be rebutted only by a
declaration from the alleged signatory, made within 60 days of
the submission of the Application, stating that the signatory
did not consent or that e consented and then subsequently
revoked eir consent. The Sponsor bears the burden of proof to
show that such a declaration, once made, is false.
