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A suggested system of law...

(1.) We know the following law: (a) The State exists to maximize the
freedom of individuals, (b) Efficiency is good, waste is bad.

(2.) The Police are an office of the State which exists to: (a) Provide
access to law, (b) Enforce the results of law.

The Police may: (a) Arrest citizens from acts of violence, (b) Keep
public records on citizens so arrested, (c) Detain potentially dangerous
citizens until the law produces results, (d) Enforce the results of law.
The Police carry out these activities by threat of deadly force.  They
may not operate on private property unless invited by the owner of the
property, directed by result of law, or upon witnessing violence or call 
for help from a public area.  The Police may not conduct surveillance or
disguise themselves unless directed by result of law.  Detention shall
be provided by a third party and shall feature generous access to the
tools of literacy.

(3.) Parties.  A Party is a Citizen or a Class.  Citizens are sovereign
under God.  A Class is a group of Citizens, represented by a Lead, who
meet the Class definition authored by the Lead and who agree to be
represented by the Lead in a specific Conflict.  A Lead consists of up
to ten Citizens, to be fewer than the members of the Class it
represents.  Corporations and offices of the State are persistent
Classes.

(4.) A Conflict involves exactly two Parties, one or both of which may
claim injury.  The burden of proof is the proof of injury.

(5.) Courts: small, efficient and numerous.  Judges are qualified by
advanced degrees in Economics and Psychology.  Each Court is assigned at
least one Judge; no more than ten.  Multiple Courts shall not be housed
in a common structure or located on adjacent properties where other
properties are available.

(6.) Assistance.  A Request for Assistance may be filed at any court.
Requests name a Conflict and may be filed jointly or singly with respect
to the Parties involved.  The Court may accept or reject the Request
with due reason.  If a singly-filed Request is accepted, the Court is
obliged to contact the second Party immediately, unless it grants the
filing Party a Special Allowance (such as a search warrant) for the
purpose of gathering evidence, whereupon the Court may delay contacting
the second Party as long as shall be absolutely necessary.

If the second Party cannot be contacted through reasonable efforts, the
Request is frozen, and Special Allowances may be granted to the filing
party for purposes of locating the second Party.  If the second Party
files a Request naming the first Party before Arbitration has been
scheduled, the Court may elect to merge the Requests. 

(7.) Arbitration.  Each Party names a precise physical address with
respect to the Request.  A minimal, convex geographic Area is chosen
that contains at least ten Courts and both addresses.  A Court and Judge
are independently selected from this Area using a random process.
Arbitration begins on a date chosen by the Court handling its Request,
within thirty days of the completion of that Request but excluding two
Avoid Days provided by the Parties (one each).  Judge selection takes
place only in time to allow comfortable travel to the chosen Court, and
is not announced until Arbitration begins.

Arbitration consists of questions asked by the Judge and ends when she
issues a Decision.  In-session time shall not exceed 24 hours over a
total period of 96 hours without good reason.  The Judge has sole power
over proceedings.

(8.) A Decision should: (a) Compensate injury, (b) Discourage further
injury.  Decisions specify the date on which they take force, to be as
speedy as appropriate but not within two weeks of their issue.  A
Decision may be Appealed to a Jury before it takes force, by either
Party for any reason.

(9.) Jury.  A Jury is built by randomly choosing Citizens from the Area
in (7.) until twenty willing Candidates are found.  Each Party submits a
question to the Candidates, and each Candidate answers one in writing.
Parties then take turns eliminating answers until ten remain.  The
corresponding authors become the Jury.  Employers must pay any wages
lost to Jury service.  The State pays for the screening, transport, room
and board of Jury members.

(10.) Trial.  A Court and Judge are chosen as in (7.), excluding those
used for the Arbitration.  Trials are closed to broadcast media but open
to the public unless specially closed by their Judge.  Parties take
Turns presenting their cases.  A Turn consists of either addressing the
Jury or calling a witness.  Each Party may reasonably expect to call as
many as ten witnesses, and each Party member may reasonably expect to
address the Jury twice, though the Judge is the sole director of
discourse.

Witnesses may be cross-examined before leaving the floor.  A witness may
be compelled to appear but may not be compelled to answer any question
against her will.  Employers must pay any wages lost during Trial
participation.

The Jury speaks only to issue a unanimous Verdict.  A Verdict consists
of a line-item review of the Decision.  The Jury may choose one of three
options for each line: (a) Original decision stands, (b) Dismissed,
(c) Request for new decision.  A hung Jury is equivalent to (a) for all
lines.  The results of a Verdict may be clarified by the Judge.

(11.) Re-trial.  The result of a Trial takes force two weeks after its
issue, before which time either Party may call back the Jury to Re-try
the case, if any Judge will say there is new evidence bearing on matters
of fact.  A new Court and Judge are chosen for the Re-trial.  If new
evidence is discovered after a Verdict takes force, a new claim of
injury must be filed, beginning the process again.

(12.) Higher Courts.  The above may be viewed as pertaining only to
local law.  State and Federal courts may be left in place, maintaining
access to a broader viewpoint if needed.  The role of these higher
courts may be reduced naturally by increasing the effectiveness and
scope of local law.

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