Editing Qing Long (section)

== Notable Laws ==
Laws are classified as Universal (Throughout Qing Long), Planetary, Regional, or Municipal. Crimes committed in space rely on Interplanetary Space Law.
:'''Open Juries''' - Any adult citizen of the jurisdiction a crime is committed can be on a jury for that crime. So if a municipal law is violated, any in the town can be on the jury. If a Planetary law is broken, any citizen of the planet can be on the jury. On the larger scales these cases rely on the same technology as the People's House .
:'''Homestead Law''' - A person can establish ownership by demonstrating the use and habitation of land without complaint from other would be owners. In addition, no person or company can claim ownership of land without responsible exploitation and habitation. This prevents people from "buying" or "claiming" land sitting on it, and waiting for price to rise. Some people have gotten around this by establishing habitation in an area and leasing to corporations for use (forestry, mining, etc..) In addition to establishing property rights, the Homestead Law requires any government official to get a warrant from the local magistrate before entering the property. In cases where the Magistrate refuses to cooperate with the 'higher level' authorities, the issue must go before the Legislature. 
:'''Reasoned Fear''' - If a person can show "reasoned fear" for life, they are permitted to take lethal action in response. This is sometimes called the "Reaver Act." It has been used to justify ship to ship battles, and other pre-emptive strikes. The logic being that the very real possibility of a Reaver attack justifies a shoot first, ask questions later approach.




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