On May 22, 2013, at 12:24 PM, Charles Walker wrote:
>> 7443 1 Machiavelli Promises do an acceptable job of handling this,
>> ...... but a specialized mechanism would probably be
>> ...... more convenient and less error-prone
> AGAINST. I would rather see the return of a simple contract Rule than
> the proliferation of numerous different mechanisms for economic
> activity. We could simply enact a Rule saying: "Players SHALL obey
> public agreements to which ey are a party. A player CAN generally act
> on behalf of another player when permitted to do so by a public
> agreement.", or something to that effect.
Hm. A rule giving us some extremely simple contract law. I like it.
I submit a proposal, titled "Contract law", AI 2:
Amend Rule 2328 "Public Agreements" by appending the following paragraph:
Players SHALL obey public agreements to which they are a party.
—Machiavelli
