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Posted by Katherine_McDaniel on Tuesday, April 18 @ 13:57:11 EDT OpenSource


Have you ever complained about "those idiots in Congress"? Think you could do better? What about Supreme Court justices? Ever want to re-write their opinions? Well, now's your chance to do that. Sort of.

A new wiki-site--Wikocracy-- allows you to edit the law. Of course, it allows every one to edit it as well. The result? Open source law.




But is this just a fun distraction or might this actually serve as a model of law making? I've never been a fan of the iniative process that many states have. From personal experience, I know that Washingtonians (folks from the state not the capital) have in enacted some pretty moronic laws. But to me, there seems to be a difference between that form of direct democratic participation and the form of participation embodied by Wikocracy. For one, Wikocracy at least requires a little effort on the part of the would-be contributor.

On the other hand, check out the entry for the Controlled Substance Act:


21 U.S.C. (Title 21, Chapter 13 of the United States Code) is also known as the Controlled Substances Act is hereby repealed. Furthermore the controls on the consumption and sale of alcohol are to be relaxed allowing those aged 13 and over to buy their own alcohol and those aged 12 and under to buy and consume alcohol with permission from the parent/guardian. This law shall not be construed to restrict private establishments from following their own policies for the sale of alcohol.


And even if only sincere, reasonable, and intelligent people contributed, that wouldn't guarantee good results: we all know how effective the first open-source legal brief was.
 
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