Milieu 1900:Republic of Regina Legal System

Description

Jurisdiction

The Legal System of the Republic of Regina applies to states that are members of the Republic and the legal persons present in the territories of those states wherever born. It also applies to all space going vessels within the Republic's boundaries (including intervening spaces) and aboard such vessels as may be registered within the Republic.

Additionally it applies to the Chancelleries of the Republic's foreign embassies and consulates and to serving members of government institutions (and others in receipt of the Republic's monies) at all times and wherever they may be located.

Basis of Law

The Republic of Regina notionally traces its legal system back to Imperial Law and to the The Constitution of 1648. In practice, the links to Imperial Law are tenuous and the actual interpretation process applied to The Constitution is based on the Common Law of Regina.

Judicial Process

Any case may be referred to the Republic's court system by a Planetary Court, or may be called into the Republic's court system if the case is found to be within the jurisdiction of the court. The Republic's courts are superior to planetary courts of member worlds in those areas in which it has jurisdiction.

Having been called into court, the evidence is presented and examined and the Judge(s) then decide upon a verdict. Three outcomes are possible: Guilty, Unproven and Not Guilty. Unproven cases must be re-presented not less than a month later but within a year.

Finally, the Judge(s) will deliberate upon and pronounce a verdict.

Judicial outcomes

• Fines
• Confiscations
• Exile
• Imprisonment
• Cryo-suspension
• Servitude

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