Law talk:Digest of Laws

Writs of Dissolution 37-47

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In case you guys think this is just me over-reacting, here is the Writ of Dissolution for the previous Cosa (47th), done on April 28, in time for the May 15th Election.

https://talossa.proboards.com/threads/recent/10610

This is the writ of Dissolution for the 46th Cosa, made in July 22nd

https://talossa.proboards.com/threads/recent/9851

This is the writ of Dissolution for the 45th Cosa, made on November 30th:

https://talossa.proboards.com/thread/9079/writ-dissolution-45th-cosa

This is the writ of Dissolution for the 44th Cosa, made on February 28th:

https://talossa.proboards.com/thread/8128/writ-dissolution-44th-cosa

This is the writ of Dissolution, for the 43th Cosa, posted on June 1st, but it was signed on the 31st of May, posting the next day is forgivable.

https://talossa.proboards.com/thread/6663/writ-dissolution-43rd-cosa

This is thr Writ of Dissolution for the 42nd Cosa, posted on August 24, 2011:

https://talossa.proboards.com/thread/5740/writ-dissolution-42nd-cosa

https://talossa.proboards.com/thread/9076/question-regarding-election?page=2

In fact, we have to go back to the 41st Cosa to see a Writ late (by only 13 hours) , as it was made on the 1st Day of December 2010, signed on the 1st Day of December:

https://talossa.proboards.com/thread/5297/writ-dissolution-41st-cosa

The 40th Cosa was on time however, on February 28th 2010:

https://talossa.proboards.com/thread/4915/writ-dissolution-40th-cosa

The 39th Cosa was on time, May 26th, 2009:

https://talossa.proboards.com/thread/4320/writ-dissolution-39th-cosa

The 38th Cosa was quite early! August 21st 2008:

https://talossa.proboards.com/thread/3598/writ-dissolution-38th-cosa

The 37th Cosa was dissolved even earlier: the 20th of November 2007, before the Clark was done.

https://talossa.proboards.com/thread/1693/writ-dissolution-37th-cos-acirc

Previous Laws

2 laws (in talossan) from 26 December 1984 in C.S.T.

• [1] April {1985/VI first truly democratic elections.
• On 22 July 1985 King Robert officially dissolved the Cosâ three months earlier than scheduled, in order to hold Senäts and Cosâ elections simultaneously;
• [2] The Kingdom's autumn elections, which should (according to the Organic Law) have ended in September, were extended to October by Royal decree because some ballots had been lost in the Støtanneu-loss disaster. When it did end, on 15 October 1985 p.187
• 1986 The King dissolved the Cosâ immediately, and called elections for the 10th of March, to last one month. p.191
• [3] The results, announced on 13 March 1986 p.192
• [4] 1986 On the 15th of September, Talossa's fourth democratic national election began p.207
• [5] 1987 Prime Minister Aquilâ, at the initiative of Interior Minister Madison, dissolved Parliament and called for new elections on the 25th of February, 1987, to last a month as usual. p.220 A near-record voted turnout, 89.5%, saw Talossa's fifth modern General Election close on the 25th of March, 1987 p.222

Date	Cosa	Title	note
1984/V 26 December		Viens leĝeu per estsablişar viens systüm gļhîmbarum în Talossa	Approved by the King and written in talossan.
1984/V 26 December		Viens leĝeu püblic	Approved by the King, his father and his sister, and written in talossan.
1984/V 26 December		(title unkown)	A law establishing a bicameral Parliament for Talossa, approved by the King. «The entire parliament was called the Ziu (from ziuâ, meaning "day," a calque from German Tag as in Reichstag); its upper house, the Senäts (i.e. senate), was to be appointed by the King. The lower house was to be democratically elected. This was called the Cosâ, whose name has twisted origins: In Iceland, the parliament is called the Althing. A "Thing" is a kind of assembly.»
1985/VI May	1st	Organic Law
1985/VI 3 July	1st	(title unkown)	«The King got the Cosâ to approve a law on English spelling in Talossa, mandating that "the written standard in Talossa for all government documents... shall be that form of written English which enjoys world-wide acceptance, namely the so-called Queen's English."»
1985/VI July	1st		«More laws followed as the King's trip progressed»
1985/VI July	1st	(title unkknown)	«the King passed a law forcing RT political parties to abbreviate themselves in Talossan»
1986/VII July	3rd	The Official Languages Act	repealed by 6RC31
1987/VIII February	4th	Instrument of Abdication	«permanently abolished the 1979 Constitution and transferred all hitherto-Royal powers to the Cosâ. It placed Prince Robert on the Throne as King Robert II.»
1987/VIII 6 May	5th		On May 6th, the Government legislated a $1 per year tax on all citizens, payable before the beginning of June. The "Unity Tax" p. 229 REPEALED BY _____
1987/VIII 29 June	5th	The Vote By Post Act	The Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader jointly approved a bill enacting "Vote by Post" as the nation's parliamentary system, a majr revision of the 1985 Organic Law. After the next election, each party would obtain a certain number of seats in a 200-seat Cosâ, proportional to its share of the vote. This would involve many more citizens in actively governing the country, since the seats would actually be occupied by voting citizens. The system would be tested after the next election, which turned out to be much sooner than anyone had expected. p. 231 Talossa's representative government, hammered out point by point in the several "summit meanings" between Dan Lauriéir and Robert Madison in the autumn of 1986 and the spring of 1987 and which culminated in the acceptance in June of their joint "Vote by Post" plan, began in earnest on Septmber 1st. p.238 6RC82 amends Article 2 of the Vote By Post Act COULD BE THE SAME LAW BELOW, MONTH SHOULD BE AUGUST AS IN THE CLARK
1987/VIII August	5th	The Parliamentary Organisation and Lawmaking Act	establishing the Clark?: § 9 content quoted in 7RC51 as requiring the Secretary of State to publish in each Clark the vote results of the previous Clark; § 12 amended by 6RC20;

• 23 August 1986 Talossa adopted a policy if sanctions against South Africa, see 6RC68).

1986/VII Viens leĝeu per estsablişar viens systüm gļhîmbarum în Talossa

1-1:t articléu. Talossán serą'l pirmalaiset gļhîmbă uficiál în RT.

2-1:t articléu. L'úțil dal Talossán serą decidescù par La Comitá për Úțil Gļhîmbæ, abreviat CÚG. Els mîmbreux da CÚG seriennent apõintats par el Reĝeu.

3-l:t articléu. Toct i mocts qhë zepictent pärts da governamînt, uficiáis eðsa [?] büreux da lui, e.s.p. seriennent în Talossán; más l'úțil da moct "King" în Anglească permitat❜st.

4-l:t articléu. El 3-laiset articléu aplicą ocksã'n l'uțil d'Anglească'n Talossa: "The Senäts," e.s.p.

5-1:t articléu. L'Anglească serą aceptat come'l doualaiset glhîmbă dal stateu, subordinäts àllah Talossán în toct i vej.

Aprovat par el Sigñhatür Reĝitál: Robert I, Reĝeu da Talossa, e.s.p.

source: Corpus Scriptionum Talossanarum, p. 108-109

1986/VII Viens leĝeu püblic

1-laiset. La Noastră Famigļhiă Reĝitál dell-Dynasțiă da Madison'st.

2-laiset. Për purpös Reĝitáis, el Reĝeu/la Reĝină Dûceu della Famigļhiă'st. El Reĝeu/la Reĝină tent els Titáis Þonoreşti da:

• Reĝeu/Reĝină da Talossa
• Reĝeu/Reĝină da Ísland
• Protecător/Protecătrix Soverán és Segñhór/Domină da Schiltach, Ellis Island, Cézembre és Pengöpäts;
• Vicár d'Atatürk, Vice-Reĝeu/Vice-Reĝină da Hoxha;
• Grült-Dux/Grült-Duĉeßă da Luxembourg;
• Grült-Dux/Grült-Duĉeßä da Baden;
• Capeu/Capă del Glisht.

3-laiset. El Patreu della noastră pirmalaiset Reĝeu c'è nominat Harry, Prînceu Sesquipedalián.

4-laiset. La sestră della pirmalaiset Reĝeu c'è nominată Jennifer, Princeẞă da Talossa-la-Vellä.

5-laiset. El Sovînd/La Sovînda àllah Þroneu. El Reĝeu/la Reĝină decidarą qui serą. O/a půt estarë qualseviens qh'indicą el Reĝeu/la Reĝină, más el înfînt/la înfîntă pirmalaisetmînt natashescù/natashească prefarat/prefarată-st, és îlla non-tirînd estescù fäts d'iensă seleziun el Sovînd/La Sovînda estarą el Pîrmalaiset Natashescù/la Pirmalaiset Natashească. O/a portarą el Titál da Prînceu/Prînceßä da Vuode.

APROVAT:

EL REGEU [signed] Robert I

EL PRINCEU SESQ. [signed] H.L. Madison

LA PRINCESSA TLV. [signed] Jennifer

source: Corpus Scriptionum Talossanarum, p. 109

For the first five Cosas of its existence, Talossa was a dictatorship: while there were numerous proclamations, declarations, and laws passed during this Dictatür Atx, they do not represent the will of any democratic legislature, and so they are not recorded here.

Old

I am going to compile two books: a Complete Manual of Law, and a book of selections. The former will include all in-force laws, while the latter will include only those laws that have some real immediate impact - i.e. no symbolic, naming, or irrelevant laws. While the establishment of the Talossan Finance Corporation is interesting and in-force, it's also irrelevant to current legislators because the TFC does not currently exist. I have a pretty good idea of what laws I will be including in this selected law book, but any suggestions are also welcome. Thanks!--AD (talk) 20:06, 19 August 2012 (CDT)

First edition:

Immigration
The Prospectives' Personal Privacy Act
The Umpteenth Immigration Reform Act
The Youthful Citizenship Clarification Act
The Anti-Impostor and Liar Act
The What's the Difference Act
The O Promise Me Act
The People to Provinces (No More Microprovinces) Act
The People to Provinces Improvement Act

Corts and Crimes
The Malicious Prosecution Act of 1993
The Talossan Civil and Criminal Codes Act
The What the Heck is the Civil Code of the State of Wisconsin Act
The Criminal Code Reform Act
The Habeas Corpus Enforcement Act
The Clerk of Courts Act
The Legal Representation Act
The Limitations Act
The Legal Appeals Act
The Bar Membership Act
The Bernard P. Fife Act
The Judicial Retirement Act

Bureaucracy and Legislation
An Act to Finally Put a Limit on How Many Bills You Can Submit
The You Have Two (Read My Lips: Two) Choices Act
The Cosâ Vote Correctional Program
Paper Ballots-It's About Time! Act
The Freedom of Information and Privacy (Gov.) Act
The Verbal Resignation Dictate

Elections
It's Midnight in Talossa... Do You Know Where Your Voters Are?
The Draconian Campaign Publicity Act
The Propaganda Honesty Act
The Election Law Act
The Ballot Security Act
The Talossan Government Transparency Act
The Registration Act
The Party Registration Regularity Act

Culture and Miscellaneous
The Diplomatic Relations Act
The Freedom of Information Act
The Talossan Exiles Act
The Semi-Permeable Wall Act
The Royal Household Cleaning Act
The Newer Numismatic Naming Act
The Citizens and Cestours Public Holiday Act
The I Can't Believe It's not a Talossa Website Act

Governance
The Terpelaziuns (Question Time) Act
The Prime Dictate Clarification Act
The Realism in Ministries Act
The Men in Black II Act
The Cabinet Refinishing Act

Any requests for additions?--AD (talk) 22:48, 19 August 2012 (CDT)

Lawspace

I have designed the structure for Lawspace, which would be a special section of the wiki that only authorized scribes could edit. I'd like to start making the switch soon. Is that acceptable to all involved?--AD (talk) 04:26, 9 December 2012 (MSK)

I am really going to do this. Anyone with any thoughts about the best way to do it, and possible complications, should let me know. A bot might be the best at this, I'm thinking.--AD (talk) 19:46, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Scribe's Notes

The latter part of the Digest has a huge number of notes for each Clark that do not seem immediately useful. This page is already quite large, and so it might be useful to delete them. It would not take much time. If it is useful to track this info for historical purposes, a dedicated page with a dedicated table seems like it might be much more helpful.--AD (talk) 01:26, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

For real though, can we do this? If I do it, will the Scribe sanction it?--AD (talk) 17:39, 29 December 2020 (UTC)