Comments on: Common law and civil law http://www.metaverserepublic.org/2007/09/29/common-law-and-civil-law/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:30:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Mondrian Lykin http://www.metaverserepublic.org/2007/09/29/common-law-and-civil-law/#comment-61 Mondrian Lykin Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:01:35 +0000 http://www.metaverserepublic.org/2007/09/29/common-law-and-civil-law/#comment-61 Taran, sorry for the slow moderation and reply. The e-mail notification of the comment didn't get to us :-( To answer your question: indeed, they'll be started from scratch. There are two main reasons for this: one is that one should then establish from which common law system to take the precedents. One of the beauty of Second Life and other virtual worlds is that they are transnational, establishing such a strong link to that or another system would not make much sense. The second one is that the Metaverse Republic is being designed *in* virtual worlds *for* virtual worlds; the only valid precedents will therefore be the ones based on virdicts issued by the Metaverse Republic courts. Taran, sorry for the slow moderation and reply. The e-mail notification of the comment didn’t get to us :-(

To answer your question: indeed, they’ll be started from scratch. There are two main reasons for this: one is that one should then establish from which common law system to take the precedents. One of the beauty of Second Life and other virtual worlds is that they are transnational, establishing such a strong link to that or another system would not make much sense. The second one is that the Metaverse Republic is being designed *in* virtual worlds *for* virtual worlds; the only valid precedents will therefore be the ones based on virdicts issued by the Metaverse Republic courts.

]]> By: Taran Rampersad http://www.metaverserepublic.org/2007/09/29/common-law-and-civil-law/#comment-48 Taran Rampersad Sat, 29 Sep 2007 03:42:34 +0000 http://www.metaverserepublic.org/2007/09/29/common-law-and-civil-law/#comment-48 I'm not a lawyer, but I must wonder at the precedents that will be used under common law which will effectively become the equivalent of the 'codes' of civil law. Are they being started from scratch? I’m not a lawyer, but I must wonder at the precedents that will be used under common law which will effectively become the equivalent of the ‘codes’ of civil law. Are they being started from scratch?

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