Unbounded Law

The "No-State" Solution proposes a new form of government that can be created in lands, or for water bodies or other natural resource(s) or element(s), experiencing disagreement or war regarding control or ownership thereof, by the parties to the dispute as an alternative to nationhood.

Trust Governance draws on the essential elements of the trust (which holds and administers an estate for the benefit of its beneficiaries), to construct a modified irrevocable trust to hold disputed lands, waters, or natural resources for the benefit of the people, which is administered by both the original parties to the conflict (those claiming sacred right, need, and/or connection with the land, water, or natural resource) as "Interested" Grantors and Trustees; "Independent" Trustees are selected by the original Grantors to assist in the administration of the Trust Governance, who can offer stability and impartiality (as individuals not claiming sacred right, need, and/or connection with the land, water, or natural resource), as well as invest knowledge and experience valuable to the particular region and its unique features for the benefit of the beneficiaries, the people, within their Independent Trusteeships.

The paper from which the concept is first proposed in forthcoming in the Indonesian Journal of International & Comparative Law.

Sofia Maya Collin has lectured on the subject in advance of the paper's publication; recordings of which can be viewed below through Unbounded Law's YouTube channel.

Undergirding Trust Governance are the principles of Unbounded Law, emphasizing: relationships over ownership; people over country; celebration of common good over law focused on its aberrations and resulting punishment; recognition of the value, and harnessing of the power inherent, in unity over the degradation that separation based on difference can foster, and that ensures law and governance are empowered by consent, not by violence or threat thereof, and which benefits all people—not just a majority or a minority.

Unbounded Law is peace architecture, emphasizing collaboration, harmony, profound respect, selfless service, and upholding stability, safety, self-determination and equal rights for all people.

It is a government for the people, for peace, and for celebrating our differences and the sacred facets of being that connect us to land, water, and to each other.