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docs/about/basics.md

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 The directory collects discrete governance techniques that can be adapted, combined, and modified for new institutional designs. It draws on diverse research and experience to help such communities make informed choices about how they self-govern.
 
-Democratic Mediums is a project of the [Media Enterprise Design Lab](https://cmci.colorado.edu/medlab/) at the University of Colorado Boulder, led by [Nathan Schneider](https://www.colorado.edu/cmci/people/media-studies/nathan-schneider).
+Democratic Mediums is a project of the [Media Enterprise Design Lab](https://cmci.colorado.edu/medlab/) at the University of Colorado Boulder, led by [Nathan Schneider](https://www.colorado.edu/cmci/people/media-studies/nathan-schneider). See the [Activity page on GitLab](https://gitlab.com/medlabboulder/democraticmediums/activity) for contributors.

docs/mediums/judiciary.md

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 ## Background
 
-In archaic Rome, the judicial process was the first occurrence of legal proceedings in which the head judiciary member would review a case followed by a jury of sorts, comprised of Roman citizens who had little experience in law but were directed towards laws to apply and interpret for given cases. An Anglo-Saxon history notes the struggle between judges and monarchs from approximately 1000 A.D. – judges were initially previous advisors of the King – for independence. Bribery and corruption were rampant issues in these systems; the current judiciary system for this region was not developed until the 1960s.
+In ancient Rome, the judicial process was the first occurrence of legal proceedings in which the head judiciary member would review a case followed by a jury of sorts, comprised of Roman citizens who had little experience in law but were directed towards laws to apply and interpret for given cases. An Anglo-Saxon history notes the struggle between judges and monarchs from approximately 1000 A.D. – judges were initially previous advisors of the King – for independence. Bribery and corruption were rampant issues in these systems; the current judiciary system for this region was not developed until the 1960s.
 
 In the United States, the judiciary branch began developing with the Judiciary Act of 1789, giving shape to Supreme Court regulations and federal district courts throughout the states.
 
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 ## Implementations
 
 ### Communities
-Many governments around the world include judiciaries of some form, such as China’s National People’s Congress, France’s Council of State and Court of Cassation, and Australia’s High Court.
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+* Nearly all governments around the world include judiciaries of some form, such as China’s National People’s Congress, France’s Council of State and Court of Cassation, and Australia’s High Court.
+* Blockchain-based distributed ledger systems [sometimes use mechanisms called oracles](https://cointelegraph.com/explained/blockchain-oracles-explained) that introduce human intervention to interpret context in order to decide whether or how to trigger a smart contract.
 
 ### Tools
 * [Crowdjury]( https://medium.com/the-crowdjury/the-crowdjury-a-crowdsourced-court-system-for-the-collaboration-era-66da002750d8) is a hypothetical blockchain system for justice in the internet age.
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 * [Judiciary](https://link-gale-com.colorado.idm.oclc.org/apps/doc/CX1337702473/OVIC?u=coloboulder&sid=OVIC&xid=8a841947). (2011). In D. Batten (Ed.), Gale Encyclopedia of American Law (3rd ed., Vol. 6, pp. 74-79). Detroit, MI: Gale.
 * Ruggiu, I. (2018). [Culture and the judiciary : The anthropologist judge](https://ebookcentral.proquest.com).
 
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