In a recent blog-post I defined rule of law 2.0 as sovereign law, whereas rule of law 1.0 has been characterized by civil law, and the use of a monopoly on violence. Rule of law 2.0 is made possible with increases in state capacity, from automation with blockchains and what could be called "virtual states".

The Pangea Arbitration Token (PAT) is an example of rule-of-law 2.0, and builds on Dana Edwards ideation for nomic rule making.

From the DRAFT whitepaper,

Rule of law 2.0 and the evolutionary perspective

Nation-states has been an early experiment in rule of law. They've showed us that by using law as an extension of the brain, it is possible to organize at large scales.

With the virtual state reformation, the increase in state capacity will allow for ‘technologically-mediated anarchy’, a free flow of ideas and competition in a marketplace for governance-as-a-service, and it’s going to make current society look like the middle ages.

The nation-state has evolved through incremental upgrades. With universal suffrage, forced marriage was made obsolete. With virtual states, forced nationality will be made obsolete, and replaced with peer-to-peer nationality.

With each upgrade, state capacity has increased.

Notes

• The emancipation of women in the 19th and 20th centuries changed marriage laws dramatically, especially in regard to property and economic status. By the mid-20th century, many Western countries had enacted legislation establishing legal equality between spouses in family law.