The Warrant of what?? Where does that come from?
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The Warrant of what?? Where does that come from?
The "Constitution" of the 3I - Cleon Zhunastu's founding warrant establishing the 3I.
It's from T4, in M0 IIRC.
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That's exactly my point. If a right is "inalienable" than _no_one_ may alienate it. Since we know that the Imperium lets planets (Pysadi and many other examples from canon) have import/export regulations (and law levels other than zero) we know that free trade is not an inalienable right, or the Pysadians could not alienate it.
However I'm not sure if worlds have a right to free trade either - at least not in territory controlled by other member worlds. Suppose that Efate (Law Level 0) wants to sell a bunch of automatic weapons on Regina (Law Level 9) - I'm pretty sure that the government of Regina will say "Not just No, but [expletive deleted] No!" and that the Imperium will back them up. Efate will just have to sell those AK-4700's in Imperial controlled space.
axiomatically, free trade requires both parties to agree to trade.
automatically a right to free trade also only applies to the unit granted that right, not to its subunits... planets, not people. The planet, as the trade right holder, has the right to say no, even if it's local subjects say yes. And, as a government, to use force upon its own to enforce that no.
automatically a right to free trade also only applies to the unit granted that right, not to its subunits... planets, not people. The planet, as the trade right holder, has the right to say no, even if it's local subjects say yes. And, as a government, to use force upon its own to enforce that no.
I think that "right of free trade" bit means the Imperium can't restrict trade between two members, nor presumably can other third parties - read as, Tukera can't set a blockade on a world for their own fun and profit. However, as Aramis pointed out, freedom is not obligation - a member retains the right to set its own import/export policies within its own territory.
I think part of "free trade" means the Imperium would require a world to set that policy impartially, so no favoring Efati imports over Jewell imports. Not 100% sure on that last bit, as permitting some favoring could be used at the subsector level to help small worlds or worlds in the midst of an economic malaise.
Oh. I have zip on T4. It's been hard enough just scoring MegaTrav sources.
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Wait, "power to declare the dissolution of the Imperium"? The Emperor can pretty well do whatever he sees fit, and the only check to that is to kill him or dissolve the Imperium? No Magna Carta?
Well, that explains a lot, though I'm rather surprised we haven't had any equivalent to the Roundheads crop up over the past 1100 years.
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