Posted by
cavalier973 on Monday, January 26, 2009 2:44:18 PM
This will be a continual work-in-progress post, I think.
The constitution of the Republic of New Venice, paraphrased:
The government is composed of three branches: a bi-cameral legislature, an executive officer and his staff, and a judiciary that acts as the highest appeals court of the nation (sound familiar?)
The government has these responsibilities:
1.) To adjudicate contract disputes between private entities
2.) To raise, fund, and maintain a national security force.
3.) To investigate, prosecute, and punish violent crimes.
4.) To investigate, prosecute, and punish violations against private property rights.
The government has these monopoly powers:
1.) The power to execute those guilty of violent crimes.
2.) The power to tax individuals living within its borders to fund its operations.
3.) The power to coordinate the military for the purposes of defending against foreign invasion.
The government is restricted in what powers it has:
1.) It cannot abrogate an individual's right to own and use property, other than requiring payment of the tax.
2.) It cannot abrogate an individual's right to associate or dissassociate with any other individual or group.
3.) It cannot abrogate an individual's right to a personal belief system, nor mandate any belief system on any individual.