In his entertaining presentation for the Liberty in Our Lifetime conference, Joe Quirk explores the connections between classical liberal values, the historical evolution of governance at sea, and seasteading. He… Read More »Why flag? Pirates and anarchy!
Now that The Seasteading Institute has inspired at least eleven seasteading projects to build seasteads, it’s imperative that our community build a Legal and Safe Path for Seasteads. International law… Read More »Let’s Make Seasteads Legal
We are working on drafting Classification Society Rules and Standards which is the first step to making it possible to create a category for seasteads in flagging registries. The Rules… Read More »Volunteers needed for Classification Rules Development
If we flag seasteads, more than two-thirds of the earth’s surface is legally opened as a frontier for free societies. Announcing our new initiative to create a seastead flag: the… Read More »Flag to Free the World
With a two-person staff and dozens of devoted volunteers, we accomplished a decade’s worth of milestones in 2020, and we plan to achieve a lot more in 2021. In the… Read More »How Seasteading Frees the World in 2021
TSI research reveals how seasteads fit within the requirements of the major international maritime conventions that most flagging countries have ratified. Meeting the described specifications will help seasteads find a home on flag registers without forcing them to meet standards designed for large voyaging ships engaged in transport, fishing, or other resource extraction processes.
Robert Mongole, a second year law student at LSU, recently finished his legal paper, “Seastead Strategies for Preventing Litigation in the United States.” Prior to completion, Mongole also authored three introductory blog… Read More »A Brief Overview of Potential Seastead Litigation in the United States
This blog post is part of an ongoing series (see part 1 and part 2) examining how a seastead might limit the risk of being sued in the court system… Read More »Seasteads Without Selection Clauses in Their Contracts
