The Metaverse Republic

Why did we choose to make the Metaverse Republic a common law system?
There are two kinds of legal systems in the world: common law systems, and civil law systems. In common law systems (which originated in the UK; common law countries include the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and many other parts of […]

Draxtor Despres of Life4U TV Magazine made a really good episode on Al Andalus, that is, as Michel Manen recently explained to SLNN, a community which “will be built on authentic Islamic law, legal and political principles but integrating principles of dignity, equality, democracy, participation and human rights.”
You can watch it in-world or on YouTube. […]

For those of you who were not able to be at Metanomics07 session of last night, here’s the link to SLCN coverage of the event: http://www.slcn.tv/metanomics-anti-social-contracts. The speech was very interesting, as well as the questions from the audience (especially Professor Bloomfield’s follow-up questions, and Benjamin Duranske’s question about identity portability).
Professor Farfield also wrote a […]

Will a virtual world legal system be incompatible with the elements of fantasy that are important to many users of virtual worlds?
Virtual worlds such as Second Life are used for many purposes, from simple socialising to technological experimentation, and from artistic creativity to serious commerce. One of the pervasive features of a […]

A suggestion for anybody who’s interested in virtual law is to attend today’s event of the Metanomics 07 series, where Professor Joshua Farfield from the Indiana Laq Faculty will speak about “Anti-social contracts in Virtual Worlds“. The event will take place at 11 am SLT on the Metaversed island. IM 57 Miles or Beyers Sellers […]

Is it really necessary to use a legal system to deal with problems in a virtual world; is it not simpler and easier simply to take mass action and, for example, boycott a dishonest trader or person who misuses land?
Although people have on occasions in the past had some success from direct action, rather than […]

Today starts Metanomics 2007, a series of event run by Metaversed (among the first to publish a story about the Metaverse Republic) in collaboration with Cornell University, Johnson School of Management. Professor Robert Bloomfield (aka Beyers Sellers on Second Life) and Nick Wilson will be introducing the series today, at 11 AM SLT/PST, with a […]

A quick word to welcome all the new members of the teams of the Metaverse Republic. The Constitutional Team has now 7 members, who already started working with us in the last two meetings. The Management Team is about to formalize the recruitment of 5 more members, taking the total number to 8 members, right […]

After publishing the Executive Summary, and the FAQ of the Metaverse Republic project, we are now publishing the final version of the Founding Charter. There is also a printable PDF version. This final version will remain unchanged unless the Constitutional Team agrees unanimously to modify its terms, and it will be the base on which […]