The vast majority of thesis publications I’ve seen are either legal or historical. If anything, this is exactly the sort of thing that shouldn’t qualify for a J.N. IMO, it’s about public policy, not rule interpretation.
-Aris On Sun, Jan 19, 2020 at 7:05 PM Alexis Hunt via agora-business < agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 21:56, Kerim Aydin via agora-business < > agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > > > > > On 1/19/2020 6:21 PM, Alexis Hunt via agora-business wrote: > > > While peer review should still happen, I think that we should start the > > > process now. I intend, with 2 Agoran Consent, to award twg the Patent > > Title > > > Juris Doctor of Nomic. > > > > I object, for both of the reasons noted by Aris: peer-review time (e.g. > a > > call for comments) and the use of the J.D. > > > > As Alexis may be the next Herald and may be the one to finish the award, > > I'll just remove this objection in a few days personally - the thesis is > > part of the "permanent record" and it's worth giving time for comment and > > possible corrections. > > > > But bad on us! - the recent introduction of the J.D. did not in fact > > document that the purpose (at the time) for introduction of the degree - > to > > give a category to which excellent CFJ judgements (scholarly to the level > > of > > a degree) should be applied. Very bad on us for not noting that in the > > text. > > > > -G. > > > > Ahh, in this case I'll withdraw the intent for now so it can be further > discussed. But the thinking I had was that the degree is analagous to the > Juris Doctor conferred to law school graduates who can subsequently go into > practice. and so it should be focused on things that are particularly > relevant to the practice of nomic, as opposed to purely academic/scholarly > interest. We would have thought that an "academic" degree (Bachelor or > anything listed below) should be reserved for more academic publications. > > -Alexis >
