What is globalism?

• Globalism has sometimes been associated with efforts to forcefully impose social control over people. Just as at the local level, this is wrong at the global level, even when the intentions are good.
• But ‘voluntary globalism’ (peaceful international cooperation) is no breach of the Legal Principle, just like ‘voluntary socialism’ also isn’t. Voluntary globalism can serve to protect the most fundamental liberties and facilitate world peace.

What does voluntary globalism look like

• Once there are significant numbers of free societies around the world, one potentially effective structure would be akin to federalism, where the very best of worldwide talent, who understand, accept, and are committed to the Legal Principle, could serve functions such as:
  • Investigative global committee: Investigating claims of people being aggressed against, and reporting their factual findings to the peace-abiding people of the world, who could deploy peaceful means of persuasion, such as boycotts, to influence the behavior of aggressors. The investigative global committee would have no enforcement power, but the larger the number of peace-abiding people, the greater the influence it would have.
  • Voluntary international courts: Comprised of judges with the highest level of understanding of the Legal Principle, this court could not make law but only employ substantive due process to invalidate laws that obviously violate the Legal Principle. The aggressor, presumably a national government, can either adhere to the judgment of the international court or ignore it, facing boycotts and sanctions agreed upon by the peace-abiding communities of the world. These courts could also render findings detailing behaviors that create substantial risks to the global community.
  • Administering international treaties: As more people in sovereign nations benefit from accepting the Legal Principle, the incentives for all countries to voluntarily adopt free-trade agreements with these 3L societies naturally increase. Mutually agreed-upon courts, staffed with experienced judges from the participating countries that are committed to the Legal Principle, could be established according to the terms of voluntary treaties. These judges would interpret the resolution of any disputes consistently with the Legal Principle. Should the global tribunal fail to administer the task of guaranteeing minimum levels of freedom reasonably, justly, and adequately, the treaty's provisions should allow disgruntled countries to withdraw voluntarily.
• All these international efforts will only be practical once the 3L Movement reaches a critical mass of people.

Broadening the definition of ‘reasonable’ for higher courts

• The precise and ‘reasonable’ interpretation of the Legal Principle must be more broadly applied as we move up the hierarchy of the courts, from local to federal to international. International courts should adopt the least strict, most flexible interpretation.
• This is to prevent power from centralizing at the expense of local people.
• Stated clearly, we should always relegate challenging and complex questions about implementing the Legal Principle, as well as complex issues where reasonable minds disagree, to the smallest jurisdictions.
• The many laws that govern the everyday conduct of individuals will necessarily be at the local community level. Whoever is enforcing the Legal Principle must do so reasonably, justly, and with due process. Of course, everyone has a right to self-enforcement of the Legal Principle so long as they do so correctly. Incorrect enforcement amounts to aggressing, just as a citizen making a citizen’s arrest is subject to formal consequences for misbehaving.