/ancap/ - Anarcho-Capitalism

Private courts are an interesting thought but in an anarchist world, it wouldn't be a stretch to see their "authority" continually challenged.

I think they have potential and are sturdy for dispute resolutions, but that they would widely and constantly be undermined by resisters.

>>554

They don't really have "authority" in the sense that we use when speaking of statist "authority". Their judgment is trusted by market actors with regard to reputations of disputants. A person with a bad mark on their reputation from a reputable private court basically has a bad credit rating, which remains until the court recognizes that they've made good.

>>554

They have the "authority" to keep the aggrieved from following a grudge through baser means, in the sense that so long as the accused fears a disproportionate response like, say, a lynching. The courts would in all likelihood mete out justice in a far less severe but far more serious manner, with common verdicts being indentured servitude or other value-based fines/

>>332

have you read escape from terra?

I loved the court system in that series, it was entirely mediation-based.