DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Civil cases revisited

2007-07-27 Thread Kerim Aydin
Zefram wrote: > I suggest not attempting to apply this civil procedure to the > rules-as-a-contract. The rules aren't written in a form where it would > be appropriate or useful. By the way, meant to mention to root, too: the main reason I tried the "Rules-as-a-contract" is it made the rewriti

DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Civil cases revisited

2007-07-27 Thread Zefram
Ed Murphy wrote: > There is a subclass of judicial case known as a lawsuit. I was going to criticise a lot of your terminology, such as "defendant", on the grounds that they're not appropriate to civil cases (should be "respondent"). But actually I don't see any civil aspect to this procedur

DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Civil cases revisited

2007-07-26 Thread Ed Murphy
Proto-Proposal: Civil cases revisited A criminal case has the additional purpose of punishing the guilty. A civil case's purpose is limited to determining guilt; any response to this determination is left to the agreement. Alternate version: A criminal case ha