The Having Game/Court proposal

I submit this proposal to the Council for voting. Raven (talk) 21:25, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

I vote for this. Rebecca (talk) 18:00, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

ditto Olive (talk) 18:04, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Appendment

The Court is an organization. The Court must follow Court Procedures, initially defined by the Council. Amendments to Court Procedures may only be effected with the approval of the Council. The responsibilities of the Court include:

• In the event that two parties are in disagreement of the interpretation of the Laws or the Constitution, they may submit a case to the Court. Pertinent to the particular case, the Court shall establish an interpretation, within the letter of the Laws and the Constitution, that will be considered correct. The Court may limit which cases are accepted according to Procedures.

Court Procedures

1. A Judge is a person who is a member of the Court. There must at all times be at least 1 Judge.
2. If at any time there are fewer than 2 Judges, then the Council may appoint a Judge of their choosing.
3. Given the consent of two people who are not Judges nor members of the Council, as well as >50% of the current Judges, a new Judge shall be appointed.
4. When a case is to be tried in a Court, an arbitrary Judge is assigned to it.
5. If a Judge is a party to the dispute, they may not preside over its case.
6. A case pertaining to a Court decision or a dispute previously deliberated by the Court is known as an appeal. Excessive appeals may be rejected.
7. A case must be deliberated as follows:
   1. The presiding Judge hears a description of the dispute from each party. The Judge drafts a docket, which is a short but comprehensive description of the dispute, including:
      • All necessary background information required for a person unfamiliar with the Having Game to understand all relevant aspects of the case.
      • Instruction to select between a finite set of rulings for the case, determined by the Judge.
   2. The Judge presents the docket to the parties. If any party finds that it is unsatisfactory, they may request revisions, but if the Judge finds that they are wasting the Court's time, the docket is considered to be sufficient as-is.
   3. An outsider is a person who is uninvolved in the Having Game. The Court must solicit those involved with the Having Game but not a party to the case to poll outsiders, presenting each the docket and recording which ruling they select.
      • The outsider must not be prompted or influenced to choose any particular answer.
      • The relation of the outsider to the poller must be disclosed.
      • The outsider's response must be recorded exactly, ideally with any commentary they considered relevant.
   4. The Judge must allow a sufficient amount of time to collect responses. The Judge selects the ruling which has the majority support among the considered responses. The Judge must consider each response, except if:
      • The response was not collected following Court Procedures.
      • The outsider has a conflict of interest.
   5. The Judge shall break any tie.
8. The Court Procedures shall be amended upon the agreement of >50% of members of the Court and the fulfillment of the requirements defined by Law. If the Court Procedures are amended during a case, the case follows the Procedures as they were defined when the case was accepted.