See Falsifian's J.N. thesis. [1] It considers this issue very thoroughly, and given the context (written by a judge about the hypothetical disposition of judicial cases assigned to em under hypothetical circumstances) is effectively a precedent. The TL;DR version is that ratification does in fact create a retroactive legal fiction.
[1] https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-business/2019-June/040456.html -Aris On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 2:02 PM Alexis Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ratification doesn't retroactively adjust the game state, which can cause > references to history to get weird. If memory serves, the precedent is that > ratification does not paper over history with legal fictions. There's > probably a scam there to be honest. > > On Sun, 29 Dec 2019 at 16:56, Aris Merchant > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Why? >> >> -Aris >> >> On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 1:48 PM Alexis Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> From the peanut gallery, I don't think ratification is the right approach >>> here. Creation of a legal fiction would be better. >>> >>> On Sun, 29 Dec 2019 at 14:03, Aris Merchant >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I intend to ratify without objection the following ~~~-delimited >>>> document (see further the notes at the bottom of this message): >>>> ~~~ >>>> Effective date: Dec 14 00:15:01 UTC 2019 >>>> >>>> At Dec 14 00:15:00 UTC 2019, the fora agora-official and >>>> agora-business became discussion fora. >>>> ~~~ >>>> >>>> I intend to ratify without objection the following ~~~-delimited >>>> document (see further the notes at the bottom of this message): >>>> ~~~ >>>> Effective date: Dec 28 01:45:01 UTC 2019 >>>> >>>> At Dec 28 01:45:00 UTC 2019, the fora agora-official and >>>> agora-business became public fora. >>>> ~~~ >>>> >>>> I pledge not to ratify either of those documents without ratifying the >>>> other one. I note that the documents above are technically incorrect, >>>> but that ratifying them would reduce ambiguity about what messages >>>> failed to be public under CFJ 1905. >>>> >>>> -Aris >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Agora mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/listinfo/agora _______________________________________________ Agora mailing list [email protected] https://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/listinfo/agora
