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Old 01-28-2018, 04:51 PM   #4
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Default Re: Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems

On this world, a landowner is the supreme authority on his or her land. Landowners owning above a certain acreage are members of the world's assembly (Congress; Parliament; or whatever other name you want), with their respective votes proportional to their acreage.

Certain land rights (such as right of transit or right of logging) can be loaned, leased, or outright sold. However, regardless of however pressing the "need" may be, the world's assembly can NOT deprive any landowner of any land rights without his or her agreement. (In other words, there is no "eminent domain" on this world.)

Certain minimal protections have been enacted by the world assembly, to cover all persons on this world legally, regardless of the local landowner's liking (or disliking), limiting the landowners from being complete despots. (But a sufficiently determined and corrupt landowner can always find a way to mess over a hated resident.)

The interstellar authority (by whatever name you have for it) has negotiated the rights of usage and governance for the land used by their starport. However, once beyond the gates of the starport, let the traveler beware...

Franklin
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