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Governments across the globe have begun evolving from lumbering bureaucracies into smaller, more agile special jurisdictions - common-interest developments, special economic zones, and proprietary cites. Private providers increasingly deliver services that political authorities formerly monopolized, inspiring greater competition and efficiency, to the satisfaction of citizens-qua-consumers. These trends suggest that new networks of special jurisdictions will soon surpass nation states in the same way that networked computers replaced mainframes. In this groundbreaking work, Tom W. Bell describes the quiet revolution transforming governments from the bottom up, inside-out, worldwide, and how it will fulfill its potential to bring more freedom, peace, and prosperity to people everywhere.
Reveals important yet hitherto unappreciated facts about the history, growth, and spread of special jurisdictions
Offers fresh approaches to such old problems as justifying the State and reading a constitution
Prepares readers for a future where networks of special jurisdictions surpass nation states the way that that networked computers surpassed giant mainframes
Introduction: from dinosaurs to chickens
Part I. Facts:Appendix 3: Ulex Open Source Legal Operating System Version 1.0 (2016).
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Governments across the globe have begun evolving from lumbering bureaucracies into smaller, more agile special jurisdictions - common-interest developments, special economic zones, and proprietary cites. Private providers increasingly deliver services that political authorities formerly monopolized, inspiring greater competition and efficiency, to the satisfaction of citizens-qua-consumers. These trends suggest that new networks of special jurisdictions will soon surpass nation states in the same way that networked computers replaced mainframes. In this groundbreaking work, Tom W. Bell describes the quiet revolution transforming governments from the bottom up, inside-out, worldwide, and how it will fulfill its potential to bring more freedom, peace, and prosperity to people everywhere.
Reveals important yet hitherto unappreciated facts about the history, growth, and spread of special jurisdictions
Offers fresh approaches to such old problems as justifying the State and reading a constitution
Prepares readers for a future where networks of special jurisdictions surpass nation states the way that that networked computers surpassed giant mainframes
