06-15-2016, 06:33 PM
Alright, so you’re trying to design a system that works for the “will of the people,†but so far it’s not really working all that great. What you basically have to do is look at your town as a series of scales. You have your mayor/council, your belief systems, and your guilds. And there could very well be more scales than that: two, three, maybe even a hundred! And it’s the job of both people and council to balance these scales in regards to rules and regulations and all the laws in between!
No scale should be severely out of balance, nor weighted to one side. So what is applied to one, in most every case, must be applied to the other.
I’ve compiled a few examples that have been addressed, argued, or neither of either:
All worship is legal/All worship is illegal to balance your laws on religion you have to consider both sides. Elect your priests and priestesses to each designated temple. Those leaders will be in charge of and responsible for their congregations. Attendants to each will be cataloged by those leaders. Not the council. (If one following (dark) is required to be “registered†then all should be. Or none at all.) This allows all beliefs to be equal.
Dangerous magick will be practiced under the guidance of the Mage’s Guild banning magick does not erase the ability to control an element of nature, only makes it illegal and more dangerous. People will still attempt these arts in private and may hurt themselves in the process. Interests in different subjects of magick should not be banned, but encouraged. Under the guidance of experienced mages of course. Any magick can be dangerous, certain ones are just considered more so, or “forbidden†because they have spooky names and that makes people uncomfortable. This more so balances the practice of magic, without outright banning it.
Laws can and will be Amended Every gathering, or perhaps every other, if there is disagreement expressed in laws, a public meeting should be held where those laws of concern can be brought up before the town. If there is a majority in favor of the law, then it stays the same. But if there is not, then the law must be amended to fit the needs of the people. This takes power of creation of regulation from the Mayor and places it more directly in the hands of the town they are created to protect.
Elections may happen at any time If there is concern over a Mayor’s current standing, the town can call to vote. If the majority believes the Mayor is not doing his/her job to the fullest extent of the needs of the people, or he/she has been proven of any number of crimes against those people, he/she can be immediately removed and replaced to a new call of election. This prevents the Mayor from keeping his/her power for too long a term only to wait out a new election. It places elections more seriously in the hands of the people and allows for the removal of a leader before the next election if needed.
Town guard must respond to any concern of a townsfolk at any time unless circumstance deems necessary the task wait (ie. battle or attacks on the town). These can include: civil squabbles, getting cats out of trees, even just walking someone to their cabin at night. No one should be afraid to ask anything of the town’s guard, nor should they be required to pay for their service (that would fall to whoever is chosen to lead). Town guard cannot deny their service to the people and must be held accountable if they refuse aid.
All are innocent until proven guilty/All are guilty until proven innocent All leaders, council, priests and priestesses of their chosen congregations will be held to the same punishments as “lower class†citizens of the town. In that sense, everyone should be held to the same proceedings. Nobles and Peasants alike. This balances your power between class, whereas those with higher standings may more easily be released from crimes without punishment.
That’s about all I got for now. But it sure is a lot to look at! You can’t just post laws without considering consequence. A lot of what has been proposed weighs heavily in favor of those that make the regulations. If you want it for the “will of the people†then make sure the people are included.
I also should mention I took like...half of this from old scrolls I found. But I think most of the people who wrote them are dead now, so it's not plagiarism.
No scale should be severely out of balance, nor weighted to one side. So what is applied to one, in most every case, must be applied to the other.
I’ve compiled a few examples that have been addressed, argued, or neither of either:
All worship is legal/All worship is illegal to balance your laws on religion you have to consider both sides. Elect your priests and priestesses to each designated temple. Those leaders will be in charge of and responsible for their congregations. Attendants to each will be cataloged by those leaders. Not the council. (If one following (dark) is required to be “registered†then all should be. Or none at all.) This allows all beliefs to be equal.
Dangerous magick will be practiced under the guidance of the Mage’s Guild banning magick does not erase the ability to control an element of nature, only makes it illegal and more dangerous. People will still attempt these arts in private and may hurt themselves in the process. Interests in different subjects of magick should not be banned, but encouraged. Under the guidance of experienced mages of course. Any magick can be dangerous, certain ones are just considered more so, or “forbidden†because they have spooky names and that makes people uncomfortable. This more so balances the practice of magic, without outright banning it.
Laws can and will be Amended Every gathering, or perhaps every other, if there is disagreement expressed in laws, a public meeting should be held where those laws of concern can be brought up before the town. If there is a majority in favor of the law, then it stays the same. But if there is not, then the law must be amended to fit the needs of the people. This takes power of creation of regulation from the Mayor and places it more directly in the hands of the town they are created to protect.
Elections may happen at any time If there is concern over a Mayor’s current standing, the town can call to vote. If the majority believes the Mayor is not doing his/her job to the fullest extent of the needs of the people, or he/she has been proven of any number of crimes against those people, he/she can be immediately removed and replaced to a new call of election. This prevents the Mayor from keeping his/her power for too long a term only to wait out a new election. It places elections more seriously in the hands of the people and allows for the removal of a leader before the next election if needed.
Town guard must respond to any concern of a townsfolk at any time unless circumstance deems necessary the task wait (ie. battle or attacks on the town). These can include: civil squabbles, getting cats out of trees, even just walking someone to their cabin at night. No one should be afraid to ask anything of the town’s guard, nor should they be required to pay for their service (that would fall to whoever is chosen to lead). Town guard cannot deny their service to the people and must be held accountable if they refuse aid.
All are innocent until proven guilty/All are guilty until proven innocent All leaders, council, priests and priestesses of their chosen congregations will be held to the same punishments as “lower class†citizens of the town. In that sense, everyone should be held to the same proceedings. Nobles and Peasants alike. This balances your power between class, whereas those with higher standings may more easily be released from crimes without punishment.
That’s about all I got for now. But it sure is a lot to look at! You can’t just post laws without considering consequence. A lot of what has been proposed weighs heavily in favor of those that make the regulations. If you want it for the “will of the people†then make sure the people are included.
I also should mention I took like...half of this from old scrolls I found. But I think most of the people who wrote them are dead now, so it's not plagiarism.