Amerion;2894 Wrote:The general assumption is that the Court, being the sole judicial authority would rule on matters pertaining to criminality. Insofar as enforcement is concerned, that would likely fall under the purview of the Delegate and the relevant administrators of our public infrastructures (Forum & Discord).
Upon reading the Mandate, I see that we shall have to amend it to extend its jurisdiction as it has not been clearly laid out.
In my opinion, I am leaning towards simply stating in the Mandate that all judicial matters are under the jurisdiction of the Court including, but not limited to, etc.
Having discussed this in the discord, I think that it's actually the part of the mandate about the Delegate that needs to be amended.
At least as I have seen the criminal court procedure envisioned so far, the court would lead an inquiry into which citizens enter evidence (either by choice or compulsion), the court reports to the delegate and then the delegate makes a judgement and enforces the punishment.
As the mandate currently stands, the delegate would then require a majority of the CLS to approve of a punishment. It seems a little OTT to me to require the cooperation of three different institutions to bring justice about, let alone the damage that actually does to the power of the criminal system.
So one way to do it would be to add a section granting the delegate the power to enforce lawful punishments if presented with compelling evidence by the court.
It could then be made criminal to refuse to give evidence if compelled to by two justices.