Collective law-making
A time to reflect on the co-creation of law, on March 26-27 in Marcolin. Part of the Open Legal Lab hackathon held by Open Data and eJustice.
Proposal
Pia Manciani, a democracy activist, wrote "We are twenty-first century citizens trying our best to interact with institutions from the nineteenth century built on technology from the fifteenth century."[1]
Pia Manciani, a democracy activist, wrote "We are twenty-first century citizens trying our best to interact with institutions from the nineteenth century built on technology from the fifteenth century."☃☃ is it sufficient to build new technology, without changing the way we cooperate?[2]
critical
So, what can we learn from ancient philosophers,[3] from the governance of the commons,[4] from a supreme court decision in Italy,[5] from an election to the European Parliament[6], from theater as a way to transform democracy[7]?
Can we really ensure justice without critically reflecting on the narratives we consider "natural"?[8]
How could we lever technology to enhance our individual and collective capacities to reach consensus rapidly?[9]
What if we had the courage to envison a new social contract?
A project proposed by Fabio Balli following participatory activities on healing commons, health democracy, and healing and law-making.
- ↑ Mancini P. Why it is time to redesign our political system”. European View 2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12290-015-0343-9
- ↑ Capra F, Mattei U. The Ecology of Law: Toward a legal system in tune with Nature and Community. Berrett-Koehler 2015. https://www.bkconnection.com/books/title/the-ecology-of-law
- ↑ Vergara P. Systemic corruption: constitutional ideas for an anti-oligarchic republic. Princeton 2020. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691207537/systemic-corruption
- ↑ Ostrom E. Beyond markets and states: polycentric governance of complex economic systems. Prize lecture. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2009. https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/ostrom_lecture.pdf
- ↑ Vercellone A. The italian experience of the commons: right to the city, private property, fundamental rights. The Cardozo Electronic Law Bulletin 2020. https://iris.unito.it/retrieve/handle/2318/1742871/620624/cardozo%20commons.pdf
- ↑ Falkvinge R. Swarmwise. The tactical manual to changing the world. CreateSpace 2013. https://falkvinge.net/files/2013/04/Swarmwise-2013-by-Rick-Falkvinge-v1.1-2013Sep01.pdf
- ↑ Boal A. Legislative Theatre. Using Performance to Make Politics. Routledge 1999. https://www.routledge.com/Legislative-Theatre-Using-Performance-to-Make-Politics/Boal/p/book/9780415182416
- ↑ Banville MS, Lapalme J. Property Rights / Property Wrongs: Micro-Treaties with the Earth Rethinking our responsibilities towards nature through land stewardship. https://provocations.darkmatterlabs.org/property-rights-property-wrongs-micro-treaties-with-the-earth-9b1ca44b4df
- ↑ Balli F. Global crises, democratic solutions—within days. Using Internet to empower citizens, reach popular consensus, and ensure democratic decision-making. Zenodo 2021. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5497574