LESSON 5: Circumscription

Circumscription is the demarcation, or boundary, of where one jurisdiction ends and another begins. There is always a jurisdiction on both sides of these boundaries.

Boundaries of the Natural Jurisdictions

Note: Space is another jurisdiction out beyond the planetary jurisdictions. It is cosmic in nature and is therefore beyond the scope of these lessons.

Each jurisdiction has attributes that make it unique and useful, but there are certain situations, especially near these boundaries, where one jurisdiction can cause problems for its neighboring jurisdiction(s). This is generally called encroachment (encroachment, especially the conceptual kind, will be looked at in more detail in LESSON 6). Here are some well known examples of natural boundary encroachment:

Boundaries of the Artificial Jurisdictions (physical and conceptual)

In the artificial realm, boundaries can sometimes be different from those of the natural realm. This is especially true when it comes to jurisdictional systems that are purely conceptual.

Circumscription of the artificial physical realm uses all manner of man made gadgets, objects, and technologies, ranging from simple stone markers, to fences and walls, guard dogs, GPS, cadasters and much more.

Here are a few simple examples of circumscription from the artificial physical realm.

Circumscription of the artificial conceptual realm. Here things get more complicated since concepts can be fickle and harder to define than solid physical objects. It should also be mentioned that in the conceptual realm, the vast majority of boundary issues originate in the Air and Sea jurisdictions. Even in nature the Sea is fluid and the Air is gaseous, thus making both far more precarious than the solid Soil and Land.

Some examples of circumscription of the artificial conceptual realm are:

Some well known examples of artificial boundary encroachment are:

Physical

Conceptual

A brief consideration of scope is in order at this point. The four artificial jurisdictions also have a specific application of scope which is organized in this manner.

This slide presentation (PDF) further illustrates the jurisdictional boundaries:

LESSON 5 - AIR - LAND - SEA.pdf


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