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That is both a complicated and interesting question.

First, what you’ve effectively done, is ask some asshole (me) to speculate how the world would react to the existence of extraterrestrial beings.

My guess, not well.

Second, you assume that we would immediately move into a realm of bureaucracy and just start trying to assimilate that thing into our society.

I don’t think that’s how it would happen.

I’m guessing we would freak out and kill it.

The end.

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In the U.S., there’s some precedent for this question - there are cases where groups have fought to have certain animals (most notably, primates) classified as ‘people’. Those efforts have failed. However, in many states, animals are no longer classified solely chattel, or a mere possession. It used to be that if you acted negligently resulting in the death of someone’s dog, you would be liable for the cost of replacing that dog. And, in some jurisdictions, that’s still the case. But, more and more courts are recognizing that pets are not the same as typical ‘property’.

So, I suspect much of th

In the U.S., there’s some precedent for this question - there are cases where groups have fought to have certain animals (most notably, primates) classified as ‘people’. Those efforts have failed. However, in many states, animals are no longer classified solely chattel, or a mere possession. It used to be that if you acted negligently resulting in the death of someone’s dog, you would be liable for the cost of replacing that dog. And, in some jurisdictions, that’s still the case. But, more and more courts are recognizing that pets are not the same as typical ‘property’.

So, I suspect much of this case law would come into consideration in the United States in determining whether the alien is a person. But, unlike primates and the like, these aliens are presumably going to be far smarter than humans - or, at the very least, substantially more advanced. How would this be interpreted by the courts? It’s hard to say.

As an aside, imagine if the aliens looked like this?

Two eyes. A nose and a mouth. The right number of limbs. No visible ears or hair, but they’re clearly more similar to man than they are to, say, a snail.

Now imagine that the aliens look like 800 pound versions of this:

(That’s a real earth animal, in case you’re wondering…it’s my uncle Marty…eerrr, I mean, it’s a blobfish.) There’s certainly no provision in the law that would have the former being be considered more ‘human’ than the latter. But, would the law treat these blobfish-aliens in a harsher manner than a more humanoid one? Well, judges are human, and prone the the folly of other humans. I certainly think that’s a possibility.

Russia here. Legally - no. Though there is no clear definition of the term “human” in Russian legislation for obvious redundancy, any court in consideration of any case would need to adhere to common understanding of the language terms in the legislation. If the court would have doubt as to the exact meaning of this or that term (in our case the term “human” would need to be interpreted to understand if a particular being can or cannot be classified as “human”) they could consult scientific literature or experts. Considering the obvious fact that the alien is NOT human, there is almost no law

Russia here. Legally - no. Though there is no clear definition of the term “human” in Russian legislation for obvious redundancy, any court in consideration of any case would need to adhere to common understanding of the language terms in the legislation. If the court would have doubt as to the exact meaning of this or that term (in our case the term “human” would need to be interpreted to understand if a particular being can or cannot be classified as “human”) they could consult scientific literature or experts. Considering the obvious fact that the alien is NOT human, there is almost no law in existnce, which could be applied in relation to that non-human subject. Simply because almost any law has the word “human” in its text.

However, that alien could probably be classified as an animal. In that case, it would be subject to laws protecting animals. Russian law defines “animals” (for the purpose of identification of their rights and protection thereof) as follows: “Any animal that possesses a nervous system and is subject to or present in the sphere of activity of humans”. So, if your alien has a nervous system, it would be protected under animal protection laws in Russia. If no nervous system - tough luck, not even that.

It would be legal, ONLY,,,, once IF the earth HAS no more fear to anything different from them. When no more war and ridiculous ego between nations. And when most humans had open minded minds. Which is super hard as we know that there are so many kind of threats within the earth. The thirst of blood, thirst of power, thirst of money, and thirst of conquering.

Only if those bad things no more happen which is a minimum chance…. , The Extraterrestrial beings will be considered as one of many high intelligent Beings or just BEINGS as like humans. And of course, they are not animal kinds, But the an

It would be legal, ONLY,,,, once IF the earth HAS no more fear to anything different from them. When no more war and ridiculous ego between nations. And when most humans had open minded minds. Which is super hard as we know that there are so many kind of threats within the earth. The thirst of blood, thirst of power, thirst of money, and thirst of conquering.

Only if those bad things no more happen which is a minimum chance…. , The Extraterrestrial beings will be considered as one of many high intelligent Beings or just BEINGS as like humans. And of course, they are not animal kinds, But the animals belongs to the Aliens will be considered as animals. xD wwww

We humans considered as sapiens or also be called Earthians, and as we know humans has many races.

Meanwhile the Aliens will be considered as Astra Beings, and the Aliens will be separated into different names. Differentiated based on the planets they came from. Examples : Zetians (From Zet’a), Jyilians (From Jyiln), etc.

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I'm not certain if there's a law of some sort already in existence regarding this, but let's assume there is none.

First, contrary to what movies would like to depict, I don't think we humans, as a society as we are now, are that arrogant. If we meet an intelligent species/alien, we won't be dropping lines like, "Humans have rights! This is not human!". Far from it. I think we will listen to it, treat it with respect, give it some form of privilege, and other like manner.

Second, say we are that arrogant. Public pressure and/or backlash would most likely play a large part in influencing public/

I'm not certain if there's a law of some sort already in existence regarding this, but let's assume there is none.

First, contrary to what movies would like to depict, I don't think we humans, as a society as we are now, are that arrogant. If we meet an intelligent species/alien, we won't be dropping lines like, "Humans have rights! This is not human!". Far from it. I think we will listen to it, treat it with respect, give it some form of privilege, and other like manner.

Second, say we are that arrogant. Public pressure and/or backlash would most likely play a large part in influencing public/political policy on the matter.

Legally speaking, however, we can't really classify the same that easily and without issue.

Say, we do have laws in place that are applicable to extra-terrestrials. Since this is an intelligent alien we are talking about, what is to prevent him/her from saying "Your laws do not apply to me, for I am beyond your jurisdiction. My only obligation is to respect your laws, but you cannot enforce said laws on or against my person." or the like?

Since laws almost everywhere use the terms “person/persons” “people” “men” “women” and “children” — it could be debatable.

Each country would have to decide if they accept the extraterrestrials as persons or people, first off. And then laws which refer to men, women, and children might have to be expanded or altered if those extraterrestrials don’t fall under those designations physically or psychologically. (The laws in some places are already being altered to make them more gender equal, and this might prompt the places lagging behind this trend to get with the program. As for the term “child

Since laws almost everywhere use the terms “person/persons” “people” “men” “women” and “children” — it could be debatable.

Each country would have to decide if they accept the extraterrestrials as persons or people, first off. And then laws which refer to men, women, and children might have to be expanded or altered if those extraterrestrials don’t fall under those designations physically or psychologically. (The laws in some places are already being altered to make them more gender equal, and this might prompt the places lagging behind this trend to get with the program. As for the term “children”, that might also have to be altered to something more inclusive like “offspring”.)

Now, of course, there are going to be places that for political, religious, or social convention reasons who are going to resist classifying an extraterrestrial species as people, no matter how intelligent they are or how they got here — just because of good old human prejudice and self-superiority. In those places, the extraterrestrials will face discrimination and a lack of equal protection under the law.

So one can’t say the whole Earth would see them as people in the eyes of the law. Some places would, others would not — just as we already do to certain classes of fellow humans in some places. It would wholly depend on where these hypothetical extraterrestrials decided to settle, and whether or not that place welcomed them enough to begin with to be inclined to change the existing laws to protect them.

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They wouldn’t be citizens - not because they come from Alpha OutThere, but because they don’t come from the United States/didn’t apply for citizenship from their home country.

Would they be considered human? The courts would have to rule since there’s no precedent. But if they were sentient, aware beings, with a mental status equivalent to humans, the courts would likely say they were people for all intents and purposes.

If you harm an alien, you go to jail, so don’t get any ideas.

I’m going to assume the aliens you theorize about can do more than my dog. I’m going to assume they flew for thousands of years on a one way flight and probably at least built the craft they were inside.

They probably didn’t know for sure if anyone was here or not, but something bad happened on their planet and they’re coming over here as a last ditch attempt. Sending a signal back to their planet that there are people here would probably take 40 to 150 years to be received at best.

We, as the dominant species, fight over religions that differ vastly from each other. We drop bombs on some, then

I’m going to assume the aliens you theorize about can do more than my dog. I’m going to assume they flew for thousands of years on a one way flight and probably at least built the craft they were inside.

They probably didn’t know for sure if anyone was here or not, but something bad happened on their planet and they’re coming over here as a last ditch attempt. Sending a signal back to their planet that there are people here would probably take 40 to 150 years to be received at best.

We, as the dominant species, fight over religions that differ vastly from each other. We drop bombs on some, then others strap bombs to themselves and blow themselves up in congested areas. We spend hours everyday watching sitcoms on TV. We destroy our atmosphere.

I’d turn the ship around, travel several thousand years, and tell the people where we came from that Earth isn’t a great place to live.

I read somewhere that just recently a river in New Zealand was granted the right to have legal representation in court… if a river is potentially a legal person, I'd recommend the aliens to land in New Zealand first.

Someone told me whales are allowed representations there too, but I don't know if that's true. I'd vote in favour if it was proposed here in Australia, I think whales should be granted full citizenship rights, although we might have to waive voting and jury duty until we sort out the language issues.

If sentient aliens landed in Australia our government would have them packed off to

I read somewhere that just recently a river in New Zealand was granted the right to have legal representation in court… if a river is potentially a legal person, I'd recommend the aliens to land in New Zealand first.

Someone told me whales are allowed representations there too, but I don't know if that's true. I'd vote in favour if it was proposed here in Australia, I think whales should be granted full citizenship rights, although we might have to waive voting and jury duty until we sort out the language issues.

If sentient aliens landed in Australia our government would have them packed off to a concentration camp in the Pacific before they could say “take me to your leader.” I wouldn't recommend making first contact in Oz.

Well …… Yes if he she is Humanoid looking enough like Those in Star Trek and Star war

But There woo be some who look like our other Animal or plant species on Earth 🌐🌍🌏🌎🌐 They coo be considered as in a different category All Together …… 🌈🌐🕊️

But no matter what They look like … If They are highly intelligent and non aggressive or nice ( lol ) To us … Then how we define what category They fit in is a moot point n really doesn't matter …. Since Their Social Values are certainly not like ours 🌐 🛸🌈😇🧙‍♀️✨

Are u afraid They may collect benefits from us like other illegal aliens …. 😂😂😂 ……???

Well …… Yes if he she is Humanoid looking enough like Those in Star Trek and Star war

But There woo be some who look like our other Animal or plant species on Earth 🌐🌍🌏🌎🌐 They coo be considered as in a different category All Together …… 🌈🌐🕊️

But no matter what They look like … If They are highly intelligent and non aggressive or nice ( lol ) To us … Then how we define what category They fit in is a moot point n really doesn't matter …. Since Their Social Values are certainly not like ours 🌐 🛸🌈😇🧙‍♀️✨

Are u afraid They may collect benefits from us like other illegal aliens …. 😂😂😂 ……???

Given the nature of humankind I think the aliens will be decimated by us within weeks and some will be turned into lab projects. Forget living as a citizen with human. Even humans often don't get all the rights they deserve as humans. What makes you think will make us welcome aliens with open arms? Unless they have lots of precious materials in their planet which interest us. Then it's a different story. Bottom line is we are a ruthless and selfish species. So don't expect much from us unless you have something to offer.

It would probably be more of a question of whether they would grant us rights.

I don’t see extraterrestrials visiting us for a number of practical reasons, but say they did, that would mean they are more advanced than we are. So, if they’re anything like us, they would see us as less and therefore entirely game for total, merciless exploitation.

We have sentient and very intelligent beings right on our planet and we see nothing wrong with torturing and murdering them, because they can’t write symphonies, or learn computer programming. (Kanzi, the gifted Bonobo, and some of his friends can play P

It would probably be more of a question of whether they would grant us rights.

I don’t see extraterrestrials visiting us for a number of practical reasons, but say they did, that would mean they are more advanced than we are. So, if they’re anything like us, they would see us as less and therefore entirely game for total, merciless exploitation.

We have sentient and very intelligent beings right on our planet and we see nothing wrong with torturing and murdering them, because they can’t write symphonies, or learn computer programming. (Kanzi, the gifted Bonobo, and some of his friends can play PacMan on the computer, but even though that’s as much as many people are able to do, he is “just an ape” and so not worthy of the rights we hold so dear for ourselves.)

Even within our own species we have murdered and enslaved others - because they had a different skin colour.

Pray to your God that aliens would be nothing like us. Or their visit could turn out terribly ugly.

Absolutely. If they want to visit, they need to fill out visa applications. After we check out their character, reason for the visit, and medical condition, if they qualify, we can let the have a look around.

They say “we come in peace”. We say “We will be the judge of that”.

The truth is, if some group of people had the technology to span the gap between the nearest inhabitable planet (we have not even figured out where that would be yet, but we know it is in a solar system a long, long way away), they would be packed with abilities far beyond anything we could imagine. They located us. The did

Absolutely. If they want to visit, they need to fill out visa applications. After we check out their character, reason for the visit, and medical condition, if they qualify, we can let the have a look around.

They say “we come in peace”. We say “We will be the judge of that”.

The truth is, if some group of people had the technology to span the gap between the nearest inhabitable planet (we have not even figured out where that would be yet, but we know it is in a solar system a long, long way away), they would be packed with abilities far beyond anything we could imagine. They located us. The did not just trip over us on a little joy ride around the galaxy. They have the element of surprise, and years to plan for the encounter. A lot depends on their character and intentions, but all things considered, if they are able to get here, if they are asking permission to land, we should consider ourselves lucky. They didn’t have to ask.

It wouldn't be considered human, because it wouldn't be a member of Homo Sapiens. Even if it looked identical to a modern human, it's DNA would be completely different, if it even had DNA.

It would be considered an extra-terrestrial

All sentient beings deserve they same rights. Ethically, how can we treat one class of people differently from another? We can’t. How can we treat a species of aliens differently. I’m not talking about the right to drive, or obtain a hunting license. I am talking about basic rights to live where we want, assemble and discuss things, worship whatever God we choose.

I think that alien beings deserve the same treatment as other seeking to immigrate to our country. What rights could we fairly deprive them of? The Bill of Rights says it all. I think our legal system would recognize them as a class o

All sentient beings deserve they same rights. Ethically, how can we treat one class of people differently from another? We can’t. How can we treat a species of aliens differently. I’m not talking about the right to drive, or obtain a hunting license. I am talking about basic rights to live where we want, assemble and discuss things, worship whatever God we choose.

I think that alien beings deserve the same treatment as other seeking to immigrate to our country. What rights could we fairly deprive them of? The Bill of Rights says it all. I think our legal system would recognize them as a class of people protected by law, and hopefully enforce their rights so long as there intentions are good and their behavior complies with the law.

That depends upon their nature. It has widely been speculated that the Octopus is an alien species. Their blood is based on copper rather than Iron, as is the case for Vulcans of the Star Trek series. Yet nobody that I know of has proposed that the Octopus be given status equal to that of humans despite the fact that they are clearly intelligent. They are considered fair game as food, just as are pigs or chickens.

Quite frankly, Americans are unlikely to recognize anything or anyone as deserving of recognition unless they speak English. Even human immigrants from other countries are often treat

That depends upon their nature. It has widely been speculated that the Octopus is an alien species. Their blood is based on copper rather than Iron, as is the case for Vulcans of the Star Trek series. Yet nobody that I know of has proposed that the Octopus be given status equal to that of humans despite the fact that they are clearly intelligent. They are considered fair game as food, just as are pigs or chickens.

Quite frankly, Americans are unlikely to recognize anything or anyone as deserving of recognition unless they speak English. Even human immigrants from other countries are often treated like animals. And if their features are even less human… they’re likely going in the soup pot.

Do “aliens” exist? It's an almost mathematical certainty that there is life elsewhere in the cosmos. Scientists figure most stars have planets around them, there are 100 billion stars just in our galaxy. There are an estimated 100 billion galaxies in the Observable universe (not the whole thing, just what we can see of it). That means there are approximately 1.0*10E22 (1 followed by 22 zeros) stars in the observable universe. Statistically speaking there MUST be other life out there, possibly even life far advanced beyond our own.

Now, think what the Earth is and where it sits. We are a small,

Do “aliens” exist? It's an almost mathematical certainty that there is life elsewhere in the cosmos. Scientists figure most stars have planets around them, there are 100 billion stars just in our galaxy. There are an estimated 100 billion galaxies in the Observable universe (not the whole thing, just what we can see of it). That means there are approximately 1.0*10E22 (1 followed by 22 zeros) stars in the observable universe. Statistically speaking there MUST be other life out there, possibly even life far advanced beyond our own.

Now, think what the Earth is and where it sits. We are a small, resource poor, boring world, orbiting a small G-type dwarf star in a fairly backwater part of the Milky Way Galaxy, which, in and of itself is pretty unspectacular as far as galaxies go. In fact, it's fairly average. Next, assume distances between stars are ENORMOUS, so enormous they aren't measured in miles. They are measured in light years, the distance a beam of light travels in one year (5,878,499,810,000 miles). The nearest star to our solar system is Proxima Centauri, which is about 4.1 light years away. What does that mean? Well, it means a spacecraft travelling at the speed of light will take 4.1 years to get there. Travel at light speed is impossible due to E=MC2. At lightspeed, you would have infinite mass, so you would need an infinite amount of energy to continue your travels.

So let's go on the assumption that an alien race did a life hack and found a way around E=MC2 to be able to travel interstellar distances in reasonable amounts of time. Why would they come here? What could they POSSIBLY want with Earth? It's resource poor, it's dry, it's populated with primitive apes bent on destroying themselves, along with lots and lots of nasty diseases the aliens will have no immunity to. There are places throughout our solar system where any resource they could possibly need could not be had in far greater quantities, and far easier, than Earth. Need water? Europa, a Galilean moon has more water than the entire earth has on its surface. Need hydrogen? Two giant planets are made up almost exclusively of hydrogen. Need precious metals? A single asteroid can contain as much or more gold than has been mined and processed in the entirety of human civilization.

Okay, so they don't NEED anything from Earth. Maybe they want to meet us? Okay sure. Why all the sneaking around and wearing dead people's skin? Why all the kinky butt stuff and cattle mutilations? Kinda seems more like an LSD fueled fantasy than an existential threat to humanity to me.

Neither.

They would be robotic machines with artificial intelligence (AI). Thus, they would fall under the laws of algorithms and quantum computers. We have already developed primitive examples of this:

By now, advanced civilizations should have produced countless units with far more capabilities than we can imagine; these should have already been launched into nearby solar systems to mine resources, colonize planets, self-replicate, and distribute themselves with Watson-like knowledge and AI machine civilization.

If they do exist, they must be in galaxies other than our own. Otherwise, we would

Neither.

They would be robotic machines with artificial intelligence (AI). Thus, they would fall under the laws of algorithms and quantum computers. We have already developed primitive examples of this:

By now, advanced civilizations should have produced countless units with far more capabilities than we can imagine; these should have already been launched into nearby solar systems to mine resources, colonize planets, self-replicate, and distribute themselves with Watson-like knowledge and AI machine civilization.

If they do exist, they must be in galaxies other than our own. Otherwise, we would have seen some direct or indirect evidence of their long term expansion into the Milky Way and our own Local Group.

Assuming they pass quarantine, so they don’t bring any microorganisms that they are immune to but can wipe us out (or the other way around, do they have or can they gradually develop immunity to our germs) then you have to ask other questions:

  • do they have a compatible culture, or are they trying to impose an agenda, like their customs, religion, habits, or other things that make life difficult for us or puts our individuals or existence at risk
  • can they work and be self-sustaining or are they a weight that is hard to support and carry
  • how many are coming? do the numbers cause a tipping point?
  • wha

Assuming they pass quarantine, so they don’t bring any microorganisms that they are immune to but can wipe us out (or the other way around, do they have or can they gradually develop immunity to our germs) then you have to ask other questions:

  • do they have a compatible culture, or are they trying to impose an agenda, like their customs, religion, habits, or other things that make life difficult for us or puts our individuals or existence at risk
  • can they work and be self-sustaining or are they a weight that is hard to support and carry
  • how many are coming? do the numbers cause a tipping point?
  • what happens if we mate with them? immediate and long term effects of exposure? will the offspring be normal, defective, enhanced? What does such an experiment cost if it gets out of control?
  • are they smart enough to teach us new things? if yes, what if they are so smart that they will soon take over? what if they are so retarded they cause nothing but trouble and stagnation? what is the acceptable cost of “being nice to everyone”?
  • are they deplorably inferior socially, mentally, incompatible with (or envious of) our society and causing problems in the name of their pet peeves and beliefs (suicide bombings, killing us if we draw cartoons or burn their books, etc)?

Perhaps it’s a good idea to keep visits temporary and severely limited until all these things are abundantly clear. Also because other things to worry about may exist that we don’t know about, and prevention is easier to control than damage control after things already happen.

All the biological and social factors above will determine whether they will be accepted as “legally human” or tagged as “from elsewhere”.

No, but more importantly for a creature capable of interstellar travel :

What rights would They grant us?

If extraterrestrial “humans” have DNA and chromosomes that make them indistinguishable from Earth humans, then, yes, they will be “humans” as their DNA, genes and chromosomes identify them as such. If there is a mutation in the DNA, genes or chromosomes that has not been seen on Earth before, then there may be a question. But, mutations in Earth DNA, genes and chromosomes occur periodically, some with great effect - positive or negative.

That mutation will make the extraterrestrial “human” distinguishable from the Earth human. Depending upon what that mutation actually is - does it make one tel

If extraterrestrial “humans” have DNA and chromosomes that make them indistinguishable from Earth humans, then, yes, they will be “humans” as their DNA, genes and chromosomes identify them as such. If there is a mutation in the DNA, genes or chromosomes that has not been seen on Earth before, then there may be a question. But, mutations in Earth DNA, genes and chromosomes occur periodically, some with great effect - positive or negative.

That mutation will make the extraterrestrial “human” distinguishable from the Earth human. Depending upon what that mutation actually is - does it make one telepathic; able to see wavelengths or hear sound bandwidth which Earth humans cannot; live longer; have IQ’s of 200; or, make your hair fall out twice a year - will likely come into play.

But in the end, a human is a human is a human if the genetics say so. What passport they present may be another matter.

More than likely if we encounter Aliens, we are going to be falling under their laws, whatever they may be. Aliens would have to be WAY ahead of us in every aspect of life, how else would they get here? If they were friendly, great. If not, we are all as good as dead and/or slaves.

If they have DNA comparable to ours, they would be classified as human, or perhaps humanoid, depending on their physical similarity to us.

The legal framework of classifying them humans does not however relate to their capacity to live on Earth. This would likely come under the jurisprudence of the United Nations lawyers, who would then have to ratify whether there were nation states willing to have these designated aliens (in the sense of being non-citizens) enter their country as temporary visitors on a visa.

It would be a lawyers worst nightmare.

If they’ve arrived here, then they’re intelligent enough that we would most likely appear to them to have the same mental capacity we view cattle or pet dogs.

With luck, they might give US the right to continue living; possibly even try to educate us to become more intelligent, more caring and compassionate, and not so innately dangerous and inconsiderately thick-headed as your typical national political leader.

Thanks for the A2A, Sébastien Pauleau.

First, some folks need to chill a bit. The question is a harmless exercise in “what if.” It is not much different from a question like, “what if I win the lottery?” or similar mental games.

Second, whether we are playing in a fantasy world or truly believe aliens exist, the question is about the law and its impact — or lack of impact — on a different being. To answer that, I’d suggest, would be to compare it to the impact that European law had on the conquest of the Americas.

One of the lessons we have learned is that the concepts of property and ownership c

Thanks for the A2A, Sébastien Pauleau.

First, some folks need to chill a bit. The question is a harmless exercise in “what if.” It is not much different from a question like, “what if I win the lottery?” or similar mental games.

Second, whether we are playing in a fantasy world or truly believe aliens exist, the question is about the law and its impact — or lack of impact — on a different being. To answer that, I’d suggest, would be to compare it to the impact that European law had on the conquest of the Americas.

One of the lessons we have learned is that the concepts of property and ownership can often mean something very different to a tribe of indigenous people, and when we work from only one side of the equation we often get a false-positive of sorts.

Frankly, as a legal practitioner and legal philosopher, I am always interested in the law and all of its various nuances. An exercise like this is really no different than thinking about the consequences of a treaty with another country. The key is always fitting the terms of the treaty/contract to the peculiar legal traditions and morays of the other party. In other words, making sure that the message comes across clearly.

In contract law, as an example, we use the term “meeting of the minds” (consensus ad idem). to describe the intentions of the parties forming the contract. Whether it be a separation by language, culture, law, or other reason, the value of the contract is only valid when there is complete understanding by each part. With that in mind, then, I would say that the first legal aspect would be a meeting of the minds between Human and extra-terrestrial beings.

To be more specific, we can presume that the recognition of intellect is a necessary part of the equation. Chances are the visitors would be of an advanced race, where certain conditions have a very different set of rules and treatments for any given number of subjects. Using our own world to guide us, we can recognize that life forms on this planet have varying degrees of intellect. How we measure and then contrast those things to our own species is the key.

As mentioned, if the aliens are such superior intellect then they may well consider us as no higher on the intellect scale than we do the common ape. While we can communicate with each other, things such as facial expressions, voice timbre, and choice of words may not mean much to the others. Think about how many words change meaning because we changed tone or context. Simply rising the tonality at the end of a word or phrase can change it from a statement to a question. Isn’t that true? (hear the word true go up in your head).

There are many other issues that will present themselves, and I look forward to reading what others write. For now, though, I think it sufficient to say that our own dominant language (for the US, at least) can create plenty of trouble spots.

I like this question. Would we just grab the alien and disect them like a frog. I think so, what rights are aliens going to have, they're not made in the image of God, right.

That is it. Super advanced aliens arrive from, not just another star system, but from another galaxy, they are that far advanced technologically. Once they land, ignoring humans, the approach and bow down before the Great Squirrel and say “Oh Great Squirrel, Lord of this World, we fall under your laws, and ask your permission to visit.

Or, it just might be that any alien who can travel between the stars who lands on our planet will politely let us know that we fall under it’s laws and if we were smart, we would understand that.

It would probably depend on their appearance, behavior, and if the they could communicate in a language we could understand

“the right"? No. But rights are subjective.

On this planet we have in many cases decided that might no longer means right.

But this is a recent change. It's not that long ago that the rules were very different. Then, right meant being able to stroll up to any country you liked and conquer it if you were able. The Vikings, the Romans, the Mongols, the British, the Spanish, the tribe next door. The winners thought it was right, the losers… not so much.

But if hostile aliens come to Earth, we are buggered. They don't even need laser guns or anything. All they have to do is sit back out of range and

“the right"? No. But rights are subjective.

On this planet we have in many cases decided that might no longer means right.

But this is a recent change. It's not that long ago that the rules were very different. Then, right meant being able to stroll up to any country you liked and conquer it if you were able. The Vikings, the Romans, the Mongols, the British, the Spanish, the tribe next door. The winners thought it was right, the losers… not so much.

But if hostile aliens come to Earth, we are buggered. They don't even need laser guns or anything. All they have to do is sit back out of range and drop rocks on us. It's very expensive to fight a war from the bottom of a gravity well. Rights are not going to help us then.

It would be pretty much impossible for an alien from another planet to land in a city without breaking any laws.

The most obvious one that comes to mind is they would be an “illegal alien" as they wouldn't have either a immigrant visa or non-immigrant visa and would therefore be inadmissable to be in most countries (for sure the USA).

Perhaps they could apply for emergency refugee status is they cou

It would be pretty much impossible for an alien from another planet to land in a city without breaking any laws.

The most obvious one that comes to mind is they would be an “illegal alien" as they wouldn't have either a immigrant visa or non-immigrant visa and would therefore be inadmissable to be in most countries (for sure the USA).

Perhaps they could apply for emergency refugee status is they could show they were be persecuted on their home planet due to race, religion etc.

If you want to go strictly by the hypo presented in the question and assume that, somehow, no laws were broken, the...

If a human being was at an ant hill, would it be considered an ant for the purpose of law?

Extraterrestrials who could come to Earth wouldn’t care about our laws - they’d do what they wanted and we wouldn’t be able to stop them.

Actually many government insiders often just before they die speak up and say that we are being visited by ET. Three retired US astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut have said that are being visited by extraterrestrials. The only rational claim for skepticism about visitation is the statement that we can’t travel faster than the speed of light. But a Mexican physicist made a design of a machine that could supposedly warp space where you would not be technically going faster than the speed of light but just bending space to go for distances fast, a la Star Trek. He and NASA scientists built a smal

Actually many government insiders often just before they die speak up and say that we are being visited by ET. Three retired US astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut have said that are being visited by extraterrestrials. The only rational claim for skepticism about visitation is the statement that we can’t travel faster than the speed of light. But a Mexican physicist made a design of a machine that could supposedly warp space where you would not be technically going faster than the speed of light but just bending space to go for distances fast, a la Star Trek. He and NASA scientists built a small scale model and in preliminary tests it appears that it did at least slightly bend space. And more recently NASA created a small wormhole in a cylinder where an electronic beam disappeared from our time space for a short distance and then reappeared.
There is direct evidence of ET visitation; the implants the ET put on peoples bodies. There have been quite a few of these implants taken out by doctors. Often they have an isotope of iron not present on Earth but present in asteroids. Also they have a biofilm around them that keeps the white blood cells from attacking the implant and causing inflammation around the implant. One implant that was taken out of person in the early 1990’s has had more tests done on it lately and it has a carbon nanotube computer chip in it. We didn’t even have any significant ability to make well formed carbon nanotubes in the early 1990’s much less a computer chip version.
The famous Tunguska Russia explosion occurred in June 1908 above a remote area of the Siberian forest with the force of an H-bomb. Thousands of kilometers of trees were burned. The huge pressure wave in the air circled the planet three times; the air was glowing green at night as far as London a few nights afterwards. No iron nickel metal indicating an asteroid or comet has ever been found at Tunguska yet thick headed astronomers and media still refer to the Tunguska explosion as a comet. The native Reindeer herding tribes a many kilometers away were scorched by the flames and the tree tops around them caught on fire but none of them were killed. Before the explosion they reported a large cylindrical fast flying object in the sky trailing blue smoke that changed directions not long before it blew up. That is not a comet! It’s what the investigators of UFOs call a mother ship, a huge interstellar ship that ordinarily does not enter the atmosphere of a planet. The disc, triangular and cigar shaped smaller craft are the shuttles from the extraterrestrial craft. An expedition in 2012 found strong evidence for the radioactive reactor of the exploding giant ship not far from Tunguska at the Patomskiy Crater. The trees around this crater show radioactivity and instruments show a 600 meter ellipsoid object with high electrical conductivity lies in the crater. A slanting tree that survived on the edge of the crater shows that it was damaged in 1908 thus the crater formed as part of this Tunguska explosion. This finding is 3 years old now, there is a severe media cover-up about the presence of extra-terrestrials and the Intergalactic war going on now of which the Tunguska explosion was one battle. The Illuminati bankster overlords don’t want this info known since it would reveal technology with virtually free energy ruining their fossil fuel investments.
There is ample evidence that we are being visited by extraterrestrials. I saw an ET ship at night over the woods across the street from our house when I was a boy of 9 in the 1950’s in small town North Texas. I’ve discussed the secret US military anti-gravity ship the Project Aurora TR-3B with someone I know who worked for Lockheed and with an Air Force Intelligence General who said it has “pulsed magnetic propulsion” and required a lot of energy. These ships can travel the solar system. The world you live in is a lot different than you think. Don’t be stuck in the matrix of illusion. Even Darpa the US military research group that does a lot of work for dark ops intelligence had said on their website that they are researching the genetic engineering of humans to become super soldiers, with enhanced athletic abilities and telepathy. Telepathy is wanted by US intelligence since the ET communicate with telepathy.

Speaking for English law, this is one of the great unknown questions. When we speak of ‘people’ do we specifically mean human beings, or any intelligent and sentient being? We have never had to answer the question before, but presumably in the situation you suggest, we would be forced to do so. If someone shoots our intelligent alien, are they are a murderer or just hunting wild game? If the alien kills a human being, are they are murderer or is it an ‘animal attack’? Could our alien own property? Can people own an alien? If the aliens started burrowing into the ground, to make a nest, would t

Speaking for English law, this is one of the great unknown questions. When we speak of ‘people’ do we specifically mean human beings, or any intelligent and sentient being? We have never had to answer the question before, but presumably in the situation you suggest, we would be forced to do so. If someone shoots our intelligent alien, are they are a murderer or just hunting wild game? If the alien kills a human being, are they are murderer or is it an ‘animal attack’? Could our alien own property? Can people own an alien? If the aliens started burrowing into the ground, to make a nest, would they be subject to immigration laws (taking ‘illegal alien’ to a whole new level!), or just treated like migrating animals?

Of course these issues could also arise other than by an intelligent alien turning up. We could also create sentient life, either by building a computer with advanced levels of self-rationalisation (think: Blade Runner) or more likely some bio-engineering genetic hybrid.

All of these interesting questions await the lawyers of the future.

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Logically, rights apply to humans because humans rely upon reason for their survival, which requires freedom from coercion.

So, if an alien species made it to earth, it is virtually certain that they too would survive by reason, and thus rights would logically apply to them too. Which means, yes, they could commit crimes just as humans do. Logically, we criminalize all violations of rights, which means acts of coercion (rape, robbery, murder and all the rest).

Now, unfortunately, only a handful of us alive today recognize that rights are requirements for survival. Most people have a jumbled idea

Logically, rights apply to humans because humans rely upon reason for their survival, which requires freedom from coercion.

So, if an alien species made it to earth, it is virtually certain that they too would survive by reason, and thus rights would logically apply to them too. Which means, yes, they could commit crimes just as humans do. Logically, we criminalize all violations of rights, which means acts of coercion (rape, robbery, murder and all the rest).

Now, unfortunately, only a handful of us alive today recognize that rights are requirements for survival. Most people have a jumbled idea of what rights are, including an inability to distinguish them from entitlements, privileges or gifts from an imaginary god.

So, if an alien species were to land on earth tomorrow, I expect we’d see perpetual disagreement on this subject, which would result in bloodshed. Maybe the alien species would think we were food and slaughter us all?

I would hope, however, that a species so advanced that it was capable of interstellar travel, would have figured out the principle of rights and see that we were nearly to that stage ourselves.

Luckily, given that we know it would take centuries, even for an advanced civilization, to travel to earth from the nearest habitable planet, I doubt we will ever need to face this question.

For those interested in understanding the logical origin and meaning of rights, I offer a series of short videos. Here are two that should be helpful.

#1 Inalienable Rights, Where Do They Come From?

#23 Inalienable Rights versus Animal Rights

In my novels, the United States, Canada, and Mexico are a single government called North America, and humans marrying and interbreeding with aliens i...

RE: "Should intelligent extraterrestrial life be given the same rights as humans?"

LMAO... Assuming extraterrestrial life is intelligent enough for traveling light years to reach Earth, they will have the power to take whatever rights they wish.

Even if the hypothetical scenario is a single or small group of stranded aliens we’re able to overpower, how we treat them will be cause for consideration by the rest of their civilization.

If they traded their massive technological advantage to us in return for some land, why not? It’s not like the Earth population is going to grow much more, indeed it should start shrinking about 20 years.

Maybe these aliens would live in the ocean? Maybe they prefer the Antarctic? I’m all for it.

Unless they come bearing a book entitled “To Serve Man”.

Then they’re not welcome.

If they traded their massive technological advantage to us in return for some land, why not? It’s not like the Earth population is going to grow much more, indeed it should start shrinking about 20 years.

Maybe these aliens would live in the ocean? Maybe they prefer the Antarctic? I’m all for it.

Unless they come bearing a book entitled “To Serve Man”.

Then they’re not welcome.

Based on past trends in history, I think their dignitaries would be offered diplomatic immunity in the early stages of dialogue in exchange for the promise our own dignitaries received the same treatment; like for like.

Although the Vienna Convention was a formal agreement, the nations of Europe held this promise to each other since the 1700s where foreign diplomats would be exempt from domestic law so long as they respected it and didn’t abuse their immunity to commit normally criminal acts - protection from prosecution of any kind helps a lot when establishing relations so long as you prove y

Based on past trends in history, I think their dignitaries would be offered diplomatic immunity in the early stages of dialogue in exchange for the promise our own dignitaries received the same treatment; like for like.

Although the Vienna Convention was a formal agreement, the nations of Europe held this promise to each other since the 1700s where foreign diplomats would be exempt from domestic law so long as they respected it and didn’t abuse their immunity to commit normally criminal acts - protection from prosecution of any kind helps a lot when establishing relations so long as you prove yourself ot be trustworthy.

Note however I said dignitaries.

If the aliens are foreign citizens visiting for work or pleasure and don’t hold diplomatic permits then no they won’t get diplomatic immunity, they’ll be required to follow the local laws like every citizen and non-diplomatic visitor since ever.

Who in hell would be worrying if an Alien is natural. Every nation would be tearing their hair out to try to get him to be their compatriot.

It would be at minimum a literal illegal alien in most countries. Also, at this point in time, in many places it would have to show proof of vaccination in many places.

As for being a war criminal, he/she/it would have to do something that would merit that description. Like landing their ship in a populated area and causing loss of life.

Though North Korea would probably consider it an act of war and a prelude to invasion, so I would not recommend landing there ever.

Other place right now would not even wait for the alien to be identified as such and open fire emidiatly for entering their airspac

It would be at minimum a literal illegal alien in most countries. Also, at this point in time, in many places it would have to show proof of vaccination in many places.

As for being a war criminal, he/she/it would have to do something that would merit that description. Like landing their ship in a populated area and causing loss of life.

Though North Korea would probably consider it an act of war and a prelude to invasion, so I would not recommend landing there ever.

Other place right now would not even wait for the alien to be identified as such and open fire emidiatly for entering their airspace without prior authorisation.

So pick your landing spot carefully and ideally call ahead that you are coming to visit or stay. It's the polite thing to do and could safe your live. Though be prepared for quarantine and a lot of paperwork. We do that even with our own kind nevermind actual aliens.

Honestly, Ias a species I'm not sure we are ready for extra solar guest/visitors just yet.

Though it might put some of our current problems and interactions into a different context if we had proof of not being alone in the universe.

DO ALIENS RULE EARTH?

ABSOLUTELY. I will refer to two of my recent and one older videos that give pretty clear signs that the highest ruling families and politicians are dominated by Reptilian aliens and that they (along with their allies the demons) use mind control energies to rule the Earth.

But I should add this true story. About 5 years ago I discovered the ability to CONNECT TO ANYONE via a pendulum. A friend told me that when Nelson Mandela died they had two funerals, one for the common people and one for the Illuminati. She was told that Lord Marduk himself attended the second as his tru

DO ALIENS RULE EARTH?

ABSOLUTELY. I will refer to two of my recent and one older videos that give pretty clear signs that the highest ruling families and politicians are dominated by Reptilian aliens and that they (along with their allies the demons) use mind control energies to rule the Earth.

But I should add this true story. About 5 years ago I discovered the ability to CONNECT TO ANYONE via a pendulum. A friend told me that when Nelson Mandela died they had two funerals, one for the common people and one for the Illuminati. She was told that Lord Marduk himself attended the second as his true self - a 15 foot tall reptilian. If you don't believe this just search ARIZONA WILDER on YouTube. Or DONALD MARSHALL CLONING.

So, I connected to this Marduk (mentioned in the Bible I believe) and asked his energy age. It was 888. Yes, related to the Antichrist's 666. Too long to explain, but that tells me who they REALLY are. Humans die at 100, both good and bad angels are 2,323. These 888 are shape shifters who can dominate humans and also take on human form. They also somehow send energies that stop my use of the pendulum.

My wife has visions. Once they stopped my pendulum and since they were blocking me - again- I connected with them and asked the pendulum their energy age. 888. So without telling her what was happening, I asked my wife who I was connected with. I would not have been surprised if she saw basically alligators walking on two legs.

She said, “I see very well-dressed people, mostly men, in tall luxurious buildings, and they are communicating with each other mentally about HOW TO CONTROL THE WORLD.”

YES, ALIENS RULE THE WORLD.

The Rothschilds are Reptilians.

Mind control by Demons for the Extraterrestrial Alliance

US Congress was Controlled by 888 Reptilians

Need I say more?

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