RE: spoon-discuss: Re: Revision of 236

["Jonathan Van Matre" <JVanMatre@xxxxxxxx>]

Doesn't this go against your previous argument that CFJ rulings should
be a statement of game custom *at a point in time* and not applicable in
perpetuity thereafter?  A Refused or Undecided CFJ becomes judicial
precedent anyway, by being archived regardless of the decision.  But
only a True or False ruling represents a clear decision by the judge on
how the rules are guiding game custom at a point in time.  

Just because something can't be decided now doesn't mean the rules won't
make it possible to decide later.

--Scoff!

-----Original Message-----
From: Doig, Gavin [mailto:GDoig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 4:26 AM
To: spoon-discuss@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: spoon-discuss: Re: Revision of 236


> This is incorrect. If a judge (in a real live court, I mean) refuses
to 
> hear a case then by definition that refusal means the status quo is
maintained. 
> 
> Likewise, if a court does not come to a decision -- e.g. a hung jury
-- 
> again, the status quo is maintained. 
This isn't real life, it's nomic. Establishing a precedent that we can't
decide certain things would be useful. 
uin. 


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