Re: Code as Law: How Bitcoin Could Decentralize the Courtroom
Common law, the real common law, has its basis in private property. "I, a man or woman," am my own private property. Property that I own is my own private property. If I, through some agreement/contract, join my property with the property of others, then the contract controls the extent of the private property of all of us in the contract. The ability to contract is my own private property. If I, through some agreement/contract, join my property with the property of others, then the contract controls the extent of privacy regarding the private property of all of us in the contract. Depending on the way the contract is written, and the terms of the contract, the common law is the civil law of the contract. It is common civil law... common because it is civil law that applies to everyone that is bound by the contract.
If I have accidentally, or through stupidity, agreed to and contracted to something, because I have the right to contract, I also have the right to contract out of the contract. In civil law there are words and terms that show that I have the right to do this. Some of it is called "mistake of fact and mistake of law."
Let someone show that they own me or my property. If they can prove that they own me or my property, then they have the right to do with their property as they will. All United States law is against the idea of someone else owning me. It is called involuntary servitude.
If governments take away my right to use my Bitcoin property, or if they steal my bitcoins outright, they are going against the basic common law. If I don't call them to account under common law, then it is my own fault, and I am virtually giving them my property.
If anybody, person or government, wants to force me into something that I have not agreed to, it is called "under threat, duress, and coercion." Even the courts will throw out cases where law enforcement obtained contractual agreement under threat, duress or coercion. REAL and TRUE common law cuts directly to the basis of ALL law... private property, and the harming or damaging of the private property of someone else.
If I have accidentally, or through stupidity, agreed to and contracted to something, because I have the right to contract, I also have the right to contract out of the contract. In civil law there are words and terms that show that I have the right to do this. Some of it is called "mistake of fact and mistake of law."
Let someone show that they own me or my property. If they can prove that they own me or my property, then they have the right to do with their property as they will. All United States law is against the idea of someone else owning me. It is called involuntary servitude.
If governments take away my right to use my Bitcoin property, or if they steal my bitcoins outright, they are going against the basic common law. If I don't call them to account under common law, then it is my own fault, and I am virtually giving them my property.
If anybody, person or government, wants to force me into something that I have not agreed to, it is called "under threat, duress, and coercion." Even the courts will throw out cases where law enforcement obtained contractual agreement under threat, duress or coercion. REAL and TRUE common law cuts directly to the basis of ALL law... private property, and the harming or damaging of the private property of someone else.