Lore

Law and Governance

Legal systems, jurisdiction, governmental institutions, and interstellar political authority. Governance operates through overlapping systems of recognition, contract, force, and access. Planetary governments remain important, but their authority may be limited by lane regulators, corporate ownership, Fairhold judgments, or security agreements. Political power is therefore often exercised by institutions that deny being governments at all.

See also: Interstellar Law , The Triton Compact