A look at the legal concept of slavery as developed from serfdom, with relevant background on the evolution of Roman Civil Law as promulgated in current systems today. The Roman concept is patriarchal, children and women are seen as property belonging to the head of the family, and the family itself operates like a corporation. This is where the idea for a corporate political society or civil state originates, according to the Author, Byron Beers.

TREATISE EXCERPTS:

"[T]he general principles of international law are broad enough
to cover this case. Slaves are looked upon in all codes in two
lights, as persons, and as property. Story’s Conflict of Laws, 64.
Commonwealth v Thomas Aves, 36 Mass. (18 Pick.) 193, 195 (1836)

[T]he status of slavery embraces every condition from that in
which the slave is known to the law simply as a chattel, with no
civil rights, to that in which he is recognised as a person for all
purposes, save the compulsory power of directing and receiving
the fruits of his labor. Which of these conditions shall attend the
status of slavery must depend on the municipal law which creates
and upholds it. Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393, 624-5 (1856)

In expounding this law, we must not lose sight of the twofold
character which belongs to the slave. He is a person, and also
property. As property, the rights of the owner are entitled to the
protection of the law. As a person, he is bound to obey the law,
and may, like any other person, be punished if he offends against
it; and he may be embraced in the provisions of the law, either by
the description of property or as a person, according to the
subject-matter upon which congress or a state is legislating.
Taney, Circuit Justice, U.S. v. Amy, 24
Fed. Cas. 792, 810 #14,445 (1859)"

We saw that slaves have two characters; as chattel property or as persons. As property, the slave has commercial value, can be bought and sold, can be hypothecated thereby serving as backing or collateral for credit to the master or those having a financial interest or security interest in the slave, and are mostly dependent upon a master for the basic necessities of life for which they are expected to produce more revenue or value to the master than that which the master provides to the slave.

The "Head Male" (King) of the family was the Master, this equated to a sovereign authority as lawgiver, enforcer and judge of the Family, but also as the trustee for the family.

This is where the idea for a corporate political society or civil state originates, as distinguished from state following the natural order. The corporate political society or civil state has its sovereign head ruling over numerous individuals similar to a patriarchal family.

To understand where we are going, it helps to understand where we come from - especially in light of the changes the Information Revolution is bringing.

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