Closed CrypticaScriptura closed 2 years ago
these offences will be defined precisely in the future, this is just a provisional code for the purposes of going to Liberland now :)
I understand what you're saying, and the need to have a basic code in place. It's a good start, however, in any court of law, these should be void for vagueness:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Void_for_vagueness
Someone accused of any of these crimes has no definition of the actus reus that they must defend themselves as not guilty of having commited.
The crime becomes whatever the prosecution deems it to be at the time (as there's also no case law yet established). Thus, we may resonably doubt that the defendant had mens rea because it was not possible for them to know the particular act was unlawful.
It can establish a precedent, and for those eager to assist with being the first settlers, being subject to a drumhead court-martial isn't a compelling thought.
That said, to the degree which I feel comfortable with legal definitions, I'll make a pull request, though it would be great to receive more input from legal scholars.
no need to convince me, I will make it more precise in some time, leave it for now please :)
Where are the crimes even listed?
Drafting a new Criminal Law (will open an issue about it ASAP). Closing the issue, the new law will NOT contain self-referencing clauses.
These crimes are self-referential in their definitions:
They will need to be sufficiently defined in order to be understandable and enforceable.