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The '''Fundamental Declarations of the Martian Colonies''' was an important legal document ratified by the [[Martian colonies|Martian Colonies]].
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The '''Fundamental Declarations of the Martian colonies''' was a historical legal document from [[Mars]] history. Laws pertaining to the [[Human]] [[Human rights|rights]] of the accused were included in this document. It was one of the legal authorities cited by [[lawyer|Attorney-at-Law]] [[Samuel T. Cogley]] at [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]]'s general [[court martial]] in [[2267]]. ({{TOS|Court Martial}})
 
Laws pertaining to the rights of the accused were included in this document. According to [[lawyer|Attorney-at-Law]] [[Samuel T. Cogley]] in [[2267]], these were the "rights of the accused to a trial by his peers, to be represented by counsel, the rights of cross-examination" and "to be confronted by the witnesses against" the accused.
 
 
This document was one of the legal authorities cited by Cogley at [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]]'s general [[court martial]] for perjury and culpable negligence in the death of [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Benjamin Finney]] in 2267. ({{TOS|Court Martial}})
 
   
 
{{bginfo|During its fourth season, ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' hoped to do a story about this historic event, but the episode never materialized. The idea was that Mars would aim the [[comet]]s used for [[terraforming]] at [[Earth]], in a {{w|Cuban missile crisis}}-type scenario. Some elements of the story found their way into {{e|Terra Prime}}. ''({{e|Terra Prime}} [[audio commentary]])''|A conjectural version of the declaration was printed in the [[Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology]], which dated it to [[2062]].}}
 
{{bginfo|During its fourth season, ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' hoped to do a story about this historic event, but the episode never materialized. The idea was that Mars would aim the [[comet]]s used for [[terraforming]] at [[Earth]], in a {{w|Cuban missile crisis}}-type scenario. Some elements of the story found their way into {{e|Terra Prime}}. ''({{e|Terra Prime}} [[audio commentary]])''|A conjectural version of the declaration was printed in the [[Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology]], which dated it to [[2062]].}}

Revision as of 19:13, 26 March 2015

The Fundamental Declarations of the Martian colonies was a historical legal document from Mars history. Laws pertaining to the Human rights of the accused were included in this document. It was one of the legal authorities cited by Attorney-at-Law Samuel T. Cogley at Captain Kirk's general court martial in 2267. (TOS: "Court Martial")

During its fourth season, Star Trek: Enterprise hoped to do a story about this historic event, but the episode never materialized. The idea was that Mars would aim the comets used for terraforming at Earth, in a Cuban missile crisis-type scenario. Some elements of the story found their way into "Terra Prime". ("Terra Prime" audio commentary)
A conjectural version of the declaration was printed in the Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology, which dated it to 2062.