Article II-10, paragraph 3 of our draft constitution:
A well protected privacy, being necessary to the security of a free Society, the right of the people to use strong encryption in correspondence shall not be infringed.
The purpose of this clause is to enshrine the right to use of strong encryption and to make laws mandating backdoors in encryption software unconstitutional.
Earlier we developed the theory of public property as a special case of co-ownership. Property includes the rights of usus, fructus and abusus. This piece will discuss the nature of the everyman’s right or the freedom to roam within the theory of land as common property. Continue reading Everyman’s right
Attempts to improve representative democracy usually involve the use of referendums or popular initiative. However, both are quite blunt tools as complex issues are reduced to a simple “yes or no” and often result in ambiguous results as is demonstrated by recent referendums in the Netherlands and the UK. Continue reading Citizens panels
We propose the following clause to the Mordan constitution:
No trade agreement shall infringe upon the rule of law, public health, human rights, animal welfare or the environment.
No trade agreement will be ratified unless such agreement is approved by two-thirds of the eligible voters in a referendum.
This clause is in line with our position on alter-globalization.
“Felony disenfranchisement” the is practice used in many jurisdiction to deprive convicted criminals from the right to vote and/or to stand in elections. Jurisdictions vary in the degree they apply this measure, some disenfranchise virtually all criminals while others rarely use this. Continue reading Felony disenfranchisement
Article II-1 paragraph 5 of the draft of the Mordan constitution states: Continue reading Mordan Constitution: pregnancy
For several I have been working on a draft version of the constitution of the Humanist Republic of Mordan. Recently I have revisited the draft constitution, and it is mostly complete.
I intend to have finished the draft constitution by October 4, 2015. The purpose of this document is to serve as the starting point of the constitutional debate. The draft constitution is not meant as the definitive constitution, as people will be able to suggest amendments.
During the coming months, I will discuss several provisions of the constitution on this site. You are invited to contribute to these discussions.
