Process

How this draft was built

This project takes a specific, disciplined approach to constitutional drafting, and we think it's worth being transparent about it — both so readers can evaluate the current draft fairly, and so future collaborators know what standard new contributions are held to.

Principle

Verify against the text, not memory or assumption

Every proposed change, correction, or piece of outside feedback is checked against the actual document — not accepted because it sounds right, and not dismissed because it sounds wrong.

Principle

Intentional choices are documented, not just implemented

Where a drafting choice that looks like an inconsistency is actually deliberate — verbose rights language to avoid translation problems across three equally authoritative languages, for instance — the reasoning is written down, so it survives future review.

Principle

Outside feedback is an input, not an authority

This draft has already been through structured peer review, including from other AI systems. That feedback is verified against the text like any other proposed change — never accepted or rejected on the basis of who it came from.

Principle

Structural problems get structural fixes

Where a value is stated but not backed by an enforcement mechanism, that's treated as unfinished work. This is why the draft includes bodies like an independent Investigative Magistracy and a Court Enforcement Corps separate from the ordinary judiciary.

Principle

Every provision answers "why not statute?"

Not everything that matters belongs in a constitution. Provisions are sorted into what needs constitutional entrenchment, what can be left to ordinary legislation, and a middle "organic law" tier for what needs a constitutional floor with room for variation.

Principle

Nothing is final by default

The current draft represents a body of resolved decisions, not a locked text. Contributors are encouraged to challenge settled decisions with the same rigor used to reach them.

Ongoing

Versioned and public

Changes to the draft are tracked, not silently overwritten. See the public changelog for what has changed, when, and why.