International Law In the LibriumUniverse?

[frigidmagi]

For those of you asking what the fuck is a LibriumUniverse look here upon request I can and will provide additional information and links.

So what I'm basically asking is what y'all think International Law should look like in the LibriumUniverse?

International Law in my mind breaks down to several components.

1: Peace time Laws, these are the laws that government interactions between sovereign states, the rules and norms that dictate how nations treat each other and negotiate.

2: Rules of War: These are operational constants and rules upon the behavior of states and militiaries at war. For example no bombing civilian targets, no shooting unarmed men, etc. May be formal or informal.

3: Laws of War: These are rules based on treaties and formal agreements. Such as codes for the treatment of POWs and the use of chemical and biological weapons.

Now things to keep in mind. There is no United Nations and as of yet nothing in a terms of a International Court. Even if there was good luck getting everyone to agree to them.

The two great Superpowers are the League of Humanity and the Asseverate. Both are more or less expansionist (The LoH wants you join voluntary, and the Asseverate... Actually would prefer that you join voluntary, wars are expensive) and set up wildly differently.

I'm now opening the floor for suggestions. Should there be bans on biological and genetic weapons? The use of anti-matter weapons on planets (side note both the Confederation of Logos and the United Protectorates do not use anti-matter weapons preferring more stable nuclear weapons).

What are the accepted norms of trade? The requesting of custody of criminals? Should there be common ones in a rough sphere that takes about 579 days of straight hyperspace (which is impossible no ship can carry enough fuel or food) to cross? Actual travel time more likely to be between 700 and 800 days, in other words between 2 to 3 years.

[Comrade Tortoise]

I would say that there will probably be laws, simply for the sake of convenience governing extradition of criminals and regulation of international trade. Most of these would probably need to be handled by treaty arrangements.

There would also probably something similar to the Geneva Conventions that regulates the treatment of POWs