> IMPERIAL LAWS
>
> For something like the Alcyon expedition, I suppose that a "base"
> planet would have been agreed upon for legal purposes, presumably
> one whose civil codes were to the taste of the organizers.
> Anyone from a planet with different codes would be out of luck,
> and their heirs would have to sue on the base planet.
In current times, the laws in force on a ship are the laws of it's port of
registry (which is why alot of North Atlantic commercial ships are
registered from bizarre places...). The laws in force on board a commercial
airliner are the laws of the country that the airline is based in (e.g. an
Air Canada international flight operates under Canadian law).
In both cases, there are a set of international laws (LOS == Law Of the Sea
for oceans; I dunno for aircraft) that preempt any contradictory local laws.
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