Doctrine

This site references a single, closed doctrinal source:

Authority Before Action — Canonical Doctrine v1.0

The doctrine is procedural in scope. It concerns how authority is resolved at decision-time prior to action, and how that resolution determines whether action may lawfully proceed.

Doctrinal boundary

• The doctrine does not propose values, policies, technologies, or institutional design.
• It does not evaluate decisions or outcomes.
• It does not prescribe governance, compliance, or operational behaviour.

Core procedural position

• Authority is treated as a condition that must be resolved at a specific moment in time.
• Action is treated as requiring lawful permission before execution.
• Admissibility is determined at the decision-time boundary, not reconstructed after the fact.

Closed authority states

For the admissibility threshold to remain determinate, authority resolves into a closed and exhaustive set of states prior to action. These states constrain execution absolutely. Their legal meaning is defined solely by the governing doctrine.

Separation of functions

The resolution of authority is procedurally and analytically separate from execution. Execution enacts authority; it does not determine it. Where these functions collapse into one another, admissibility becomes indistinguishable from performance.

Authoritative status

• The canonical doctrine is frozen and complete.
• No amendments, additions, or reinterpretations are permitted.
• All legal meaning is governed exclusively by the authoritative textual artefact recorded in the SHA-256 Registry (append-only).

Rendered views, summaries, and figures are explanatory only and carry no independent authority.