← Back to the homepageSECTION / VDELUISM
Institutional blueprint · Version 1.2
Power needs a form—and a limit.
Eight modules test how rights, competence, money, ownership, justice, safety and crisis could be governed in a Deluist order.
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00 · Status
A workshop, not a finished constitution.
The modules translate Deluist principles into contestable articles. Every proposal names oversight and an unresolved alternative. None has legal force.
- Art. I.1
The dignity, physical and mental integrity and equal freedom of every person bind every public and communal body.
- Art. I.2
Freedom of expression, conscience, assembly, association, movement and information may not be abolished by local majorities.
- Art. I.3
Social rights to essential provision become progressively justiciable; scope, resources and remedies must be defined by law.
Constitutional controlDirect constitutional complaint; independent courts; free initial review for existential interference.
Competing variantIt remains open whether social guarantees should be individually enforceable or institutional duties with minimum standards.
- Art. II.1
A task belongs to the lowest level able to perform it effectively, consistently with rights and without materially exporting harm.
- Art. II.2
Every higher competence states its purpose, financing, data duty, oversight body and next expiry or review date.
- Art. II.3
Delegates are bound by published aims and limits, accountable and recallable through due process.
Constitutional controlOpen competence register; competence court; mandatory periodic review for returning powers.
Competing variantThe threshold at which cross-border effects require a higher level, and who carries the burden of proof, remains open.
- Art. III.1
Laws arise through elected representation, direct political rights and representative deliberation; law defines their interaction.
- Art. III.2
Before long-term or hard-to-reverse decisions, an accessible impact, minority and reversibility assessment is published.
- Art. III.3
Political participation is materially enabled through time, payment, care, translation and offline access.
Constitutional controlTransparent interests; independent sortition; public duty to answer recommendations.
Competing variantIt remains open which matters must trigger a civic panel, a referendum or both.
- Art. IV.1
Taxes finance equal freedom, common infrastructure and ecological repair according to economic capacity.
- Art. IV.2
Budgets disclose aims, distribution, long-term liabilities and ecological effects in accessible form.
- Art. IV.3
Monetary and credit arrangements prevent private or public monopoly power; operational independence remains tied to democratically set goals and accountability.
Constitutional controlIndependent audit office; open budget data; debt and asset register; judicial protection against arbitrary levies.
Competing variantThe roles of a central bank, public banks and decentralised credit cooperatives remain subject to competing models.
- Art. V.1
Personal possessions and self-directed life are protected. Ownership of productive and natural resources entails duties to workers, affected people and the environment.
- Art. V.2
Workers hold rights to information, organisation and graduated co-decision over strategic enterprise questions.
- Art. V.3
Natural monopolies and critical networks are publicly, cooperatively or equivalently democratically governed.
Constitutional controlCompensation and transition are regulated by law, proportionately and subject to judicial review; provision may not be shut down as leverage.
Competing variantThresholds for co-determination, socialisation and user chambers remain political questions.
- Art. VI.1
Courts decide independently, with public reasons and within statutory time limits.
- Art. VI.2
Judicial selection combines competence, pluralist legitimacy, limited tenure and protection from political retaliation.
- Art. VI.3
Ombuds, privacy, anti-corruption and audit oversight may not sit within the same chain of command.
Constitutional controlOpen judgments; random case allocation; recusal rules; independent budgets under democratic aggregate control.
Competing variantThe balance among democratic election, professional selection and term limits remains under comparison.
- Art. VII.1
Coercion may be exercised only under law, when necessary, proportionately, documented and individually challengeable.
- Art. VII.2
Police are locally accountable but bound by uniform rights, training and data standards.
- Art. VII.3
Defence protects the population, democratic order and territorial security; it may not serve a party, guild or person.
Constitutional controlIndependent complaints body; parliamentary and civilian oversight; judicial review of covert measures.
Competing variantTerritorial militia, professional core, civil resilience and international security cooperation remain competing models.
- Art. VIII.1
Extraordinary power requires a specifically established danger, narrow purpose, short deadline and named responsible body.
- Art. VIII.2
The core of human dignity, prohibition of torture, judicial remedy and political opposition remains inviolable.
- Art. VIII.3
Permanent ownership, electoral or constitutional changes may not be enacted under emergency law alone.
Constitutional controlAutomatic expiry; immediate notice to an oversight body; continuing judicial review; independent final report.
Competing variantThe maximum initial duration and rules for highly confidential threats remain open.
09 · Revision rule
No article without a way to challenge it.
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