On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 8:24 PM Aris Merchant <thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 3:12 PM Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion > <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 3:00 PM Alexis Hunt via agora-discussion > > <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > This gets me thinking of a potential big and maybe-interesting-maybe-not > > > big change to the order of things... what if officers presumptively had > > > the > > > ability to rule on their areas of gamestate, in a more active manner than > > > our ratification system? Possibly a bit more of a shift towards a > > > pragmatic > > > philosophy as well. > > > > We've had a couple conversations along similar lines in the last year > > or two and people were generally positive. Specifically two ideas > > came up: (1) making each officer the "primary judge" on disputes > > about their reports, with some language that judges can only overrule > > the officers if their decisions are "arbitrary and capricious" (or > > some other legal standard of choice that we can set precedents about - > > "arbitrary and capricious" is one used in U.S. government > > regulations). (2) dividing the ruleset itself so that rule categories > > are more binding, and rules precedence works as "category then power" > > (e.g. any rule in the "economy" category has precedence over > > "non-economy" category when it comes to coins; then within the economy > > category you look at power, and the officer has some extra abilities > > within their defining category). > > > > I think the only barrier is no one sat down and did the deep work of > > implementation... > > A minimalist proto along the lines of #1 follows. This could be a > complex interconnected set of 15 rules, but I think it would be more > fun to leave it as minimal as possible at let the judiciary sort out > the details. > > -Aris > -- > Title: Administrative Adjudication > Adoption index: 3.0 > Author: Aris > Co-authors: > > Enact a new rule, with power power 3.0, entitled "Administrative > Adjudication", > with the following text: > > Each officer has the power to, with notice, issue a memorandum, > which shall consist in a public document and shall, once issued, > have the power to resolve bindingly any matter within eir official area of > concern, insofar as that memorandum is neither arbitrary nor capricious.
Come on everyone, comments? -Aris
