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Or we could just eliminate the damn quorum requirement entirely. I was in a region once where we spent six months unable to pass any laws as we couldn't muster the number of votes to remove our own quorum requirement.

Delegate: Eluvatar Would you like to reopen nominations? No

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I, Belschaft, do hereby solemnly swear that during my term as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, I will uphold the ideals of Democracy, Freedom, and Justice of The Region of The North Pacific. I will use the powers and rights granted to me through The North Pacific Constitution and Legal Code...

I nominate Raven.

Speaker: Crushing Our Enemies

Ok, it's my job to adjudicate this claim dispute. There is no formalized method for this, so I'm going to consider the following criteria; 1. Order that the claims where made in 2. Existing claims; size, location, number 3. Extent of claim In general, I believe that the claim made first should...

Delegate: The Democratic Republic of Tomb Would you like to reopen nominations? No Vice Delegate: SillyString Would you like to reopen nominations? No Speaker: Crushing Our Enemies Would you like to reopen nominations? No

Court Justice (select one): Belschaft Would you like to reopen nominations? No

I'm going to keep this brief. I have significant legal and judicial experience, both in TNP and elsewhere. I am competent, reasonably honest and trustworthy by NS standards and not actually criminally insane. I am in support of continued reform to make the Court system more accessible and...

I haven't really RP'ed since 2009, but I'm still active as a cartographer. I've never been an NPA member, but have been in several NS military's and held command positions in UDL and the South Pacific Army. In TNP my government service was largely in the courts, as I try to avoid holding...

I'll toss my proverbial hat into the ring.

Nation Name: Belschaft Project(s): Mentoring Previous experience in The North Pacific: Mainly legal and judicial. Endless experience elsewhere in NS. If applying to become a mentor, please write a short "About Me": Former two-time GCR Delegate. Former senior-Defender. Former everything.

I'm with George on this one. It looks absurd.

Hey guys, I need re-masking as a THO due to my appointment as such.

For the record, I am of the opinion that there is no requirement for Justice Funkadelia to recuse himself. The existence of a material interest is cause for a recusal, but it does not necessitate one; it is only if the material interest prevents the Justice from acting objectively that such...

I, Belschaft, do hereby solemnly swear that during my term as Temporary Hearing Officer, I will uphold the ideals of Democracy, Freedom, and Justice of The Region of The North Pacific. I will use the powers and rights granted to me through The North Pacific Constitution and Legal Code in a...

I, Belschaft, do hereby solemnly swear that during my term as Deputy Minister of Culture, I will uphold the ideals of Democracy, Freedom, and Justice of The Region of The North Pacific. I will use the powers and rights granted to me through The North Pacific Constitution and Legal Code in a...

Due to the way that the various laws are structured, the major alterations that need to be made are to the Court Rules. As they are set by the Court itself, I need to work with the newly elected Justices to organize that.

E yknaa fedr oui uh dra kahanym bnehlebma, pid uhla ykyeh sicd naseht oui dryd Al Behd ec ehlnatepmo cesbmecdel lusbynat du sucd luhcdnildat myhkiykac. Oac, drec sygac ed ayco ahuikr du ica, yht so Quenya ec hud aqyldmo jano kuut, pid yd maycd E's sygehk yh avvund.

Al Behd is little more than transposition from English. If you want to speak in a constructed language, at least pick a well developed one :P

Which was my concern as well, and why I didn't want to split the investigative function from the assessor function. This risk is mitigated by the ability of interested parties to submit evidence, and if the investigator is acting in a non-objective manner it should become apparent, but...

If we're allowing French and German, then I insist that Quenya be accepted as well and we be allowed to write legislation in it. Nányë caita- emmë -m sam- sina!

Correct, there is no "argument of the evidence" between a prosecution and a defense, as there is no formal prosecution or defense; instead there is an investigator, who presents evidence, and assessors who determine fact. The counsel for the accused would be responsible for representing the...

The job of the AG is to produce a case in favor of conviction, and present it as such. Based upon current popularity it'll probably be replaced with a non-partisan investigative office tasked with fact-finding and presentation of all relevant evidence. The key distinction between adversarial...

I kinda assumed you'd answer it anyway, rather than the silly cheese question :P

To my knowledge no region in NS currently uses a non-adversarial system. Adversarial justice systems are ubiquitous throughout NS due to a tendency for people to ape really life practice when drafting constitutions, but my experiences in TNP and other regions have led me to believe this is often...

You never did actually answer the question on judicial reform.

Because a move to a non-adversarial system requires more comprehensive alterations than that.

I meant separately.