Saturday, May 31, 2008

The Beauty of Libertarian (not to be confused with….)
Economic and Court Systems

I would suggest that in a democratically run voluntary economy,
so-called ‘free riders’ would have trouble accumulating goods
and so would have to adopt a semi-nomadic lifestyle. This is
because if they lived in the same place for long they would soon
be known by the local producers/ distributors who have the choice
(in a voluntary economy) of withholding certain goods and services.

Ditto local trouble makers.

I think this would allow an elegant solution to justice in the form of
“Libertarian Courts” (although the absence of one does not negate
the existence of the other). This is a consensus-based form of justice,
where a decision on the solution to a crime would include the
agreement of the accused. Otherwise, they would be run more or
less like a ‘normal’ court of law.

If a decision is not made, for example because of lack of evidence
or the proposal of a harsh sentence, another LC would be
established consisting of different ‘peers’.
If no decision is made, the ‘case’, as it where, could be dropped,
with the perpetrator apologizing to the community/ victim or the
victim’s family forgiving them. Or the process could start all over
again. After an amount of time, the tedious nature of repeated trials
would be equivalent to a prison sentence without the perpetrator
being isolated from normal (as opposed to criminal) society. As
a last resort, the perpetrator would have every freedom outside
of a trial period (during which they could be ‘restrained’ by
economic means) to move to another area.

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