Here's my proto for generalized equity cases. I expect that there will
be a bunch of screaming, but it's minimalistic and leaves working out
the details of what equity means in practice to case law. Moots
provide a sufficient safeguard against abuses.
-Aris
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Title: Equation
Adoption index: 2.0
Author: Aris
Co-authors:
Enact a new power 2.0 rule, entitled "Equity Cases", with the following text:
Equity cases are a type of case. A player CAN initiate an equity case
by announcement, specifying a situation e alleges is inequitable. The
judge of an equity case SHOULD NOT judge it for the first four days after
it is created unless all those who are involved in the situation have
submitted arguments. For something to be equitable is for it to be just,
fair, and right.
The judge of an equity case should generally base eir judgement primarily on
the situation at the time the statement was called, but may take into
account developments since that time if equity requires it. The valid
judgments for an equity case are as follows:
* EQUATE {X}, where X is a body of text, appropriate if the situation
is inequitable and X includes changes that would make the situation more
equitable, and only such changes. After the judgement has been
in effect for a total of 7 days, the changes specified by X are applied,
except to the extent they are retroactive, would directly change the rules,
or would directly create, modify, or destroy an Agoran decision.
* DISCHARGE, appropriate if the situation is already equitable.
* DENY, appropriate if the situation is inequitable but it would
be inequitable or impossible for the court to grant relief.
* IRRELEVANT, appropriate if the situation is not relevant to the game
or did not actually exist when the case was called.
* INSUFFICIENT, appropriate if the judge was not provided with
arguments or evidence and the judge feels as if an undue burden is being
placed on em by the lack of arguments and evidence. A CFJ judged as
INSUFFICIENT CAN and SHOULD be submitted again with sufficient
arguments/evidence.
* DISMISS, appropriate if the situation is malformed or incomprehensible,
if insufficient information exists to make a judgement with reasonable
effort, or if the case is otherwise not able to be answered with another
valid judgement.
