The Having Game/Court proposal

[WIP Proposal]

Appendment

The Court is an organization. The Court has a set of responsibilities, which may be expanded via appendments. The Court must follow Court Procedure, including in deciding its members. The Court procedure shall be defined by the Council initially. Then, according to Court procedure, the Court procedures may be amended, iff the Council decides to endorse this amendment.

• Iff 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. The Court may limit which cases are accepted according to Procudures.

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 may be appointed.
4. When a case is to be tried in a Court, one Judge is assigned to it. Which Judge is assigned to the case may be decided arbitrarily by the Court.
5. If a Judge is a party to the dispute, they may not preside over its case.
6. A case pertaining to the Court decision of a Judge is known as an appeal. A case may be rejected if it is an excessive appeal.
7. A case must be deliberated as follows:
   1. The 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, containing all necessary background information required for a person unfamiliar with the Having Game to understand all relevant aspects of the dispute, as well as a finite set of interpretations for the case.
   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. Each party in the case must present the docket to an outsider, who they must poll for their judgement on the matter, selecting one of the finite options listed on the docket.
      • The outsider must not be prompted or influenced to choose any particular answer.
      • The outsider's response must be recorded exactly, ideally with any commentary they considered relevant.
   4. The Judge selects which outsider's judgements to consider. The Judge must consider at least one response from each party, unless a party has not submitted any responses which follow Court procedure.