08-07-2018, 07:06 PM
First of all, thanks for the questions; I'll do my best to give a reasonably satisfactory answer ^^
As far as alternatives go, having a run-down on procedures be made publicly available- say, pinned in the relevant subforum- but not having it be as binding as a law would be, seems like the best compromise.
That quibble aside, the court having jurisdictions over criminal matters has its pros and cons. As has been mentioned by Roavin, it typically results in more thorough investigation being made, and a higher chance of getting things right as a result. On the other hand, there's certainly potential problems- the current situation in TSP seems to me to be an example. Sensitive information used to inform EWS's proscription may be forced to be brought to light in some capacity, because not doing so denies him the ability to appropriately appeal that particular charge. Beyond that, there's more potential pitfalls- judges using their position to push a political agenda, and so on.
Ultimately, though, I have no strong preference one way or another- both Court-run criminal matters and CLS/Delegate-run criminal matters seem like viable options.
I'm a fairly new player, by NS standards, and only seriously started to get into the game in early 2016ish. For most of the time since then, I've been involved in r/d, among other things by writing scripts that are somewhat widely used.
Outside of r/d, I had a cosmopolitan streak for a while, holding citizenships in Lazarus, Osiris, TWP, a generous handful of raider organisations, and several other regions. As most cosmopolitans do, though, I was not particularly active in the vast majority of those regions.
Nowadays, I'd like to think I'm a bit more selective about where I give my attention- I still script, and I'm currently serving as MoIA in Yggdrasil, but that's the bulk of my activity.
Quote:Are you comfortable with Mandate 12 (Article V, Section 3) requiring that the Court's procedures be defined by law, or do you think that should be amended? If the latter, how do you think the Court's procedures should be defined?I'm all for a consistent set of procedures to be used for the Court, certainly. On the other hand, I'm not so certain that said procedures should be set as a strict law, given the near-inevitable need for variance from them in some way or another.
As far as alternatives go, having a run-down on procedures be made publicly available- say, pinned in the relevant subforum- but not having it be as binding as a law would be, seems like the best compromise.
Quote:On a related note, do any of the three of you plan to put forward Court procedures to be defined by law? Not that I think you necessarily should (or shouldn't), I'm just wondering because so far we haven't seen any movement from anyone to do that.I certainly don't feel that I have the practical experience to determine what works and what doesn't right now, to be perfectly honest.
Quote:Do you think the Court should have jurisdiction over criminal matters or are you comfortable with the process established by Article II, Section 6 of Mandate 12?I'm not convinced that there's a complete overlap between the two- not all criminal matters necessarily require a punishment outlined in II.6.
That quibble aside, the court having jurisdictions over criminal matters has its pros and cons. As has been mentioned by Roavin, it typically results in more thorough investigation being made, and a higher chance of getting things right as a result. On the other hand, there's certainly potential problems- the current situation in TSP seems to me to be an example. Sensitive information used to inform EWS's proscription may be forced to be brought to light in some capacity, because not doing so denies him the ability to appropriately appeal that particular charge. Beyond that, there's more potential pitfalls- judges using their position to push a political agenda, and so on.
Ultimately, though, I have no strong preference one way or another- both Court-run criminal matters and CLS/Delegate-run criminal matters seem like viable options.
Quote:My memory is a tad hazy so while I recall the name Derps, I'm not sure where from. Could you please give a rundown of your NS history?Likely due to a lack of doing anything notable :^)
I'm a fairly new player, by NS standards, and only seriously started to get into the game in early 2016ish. For most of the time since then, I've been involved in r/d, among other things by writing scripts that are somewhat widely used.
Outside of r/d, I had a cosmopolitan streak for a while, holding citizenships in Lazarus, Osiris, TWP, a generous handful of raider organisations, and several other regions. As most cosmopolitans do, though, I was not particularly active in the vast majority of those regions.
Nowadays, I'd like to think I'm a bit more selective about where I give my attention- I still script, and I'm currently serving as MoIA in Yggdrasil, but that's the bulk of my activity.