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Charters & Codices

How the civilization functions: institutions, circles, standards, repair, and living law.

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The civic library

Two bodies of living law.

Institutions and practices remain distinct, but neither can function responsibly without the other.

Charters establish civic bodies and observances.Codices articulate practices, protections, and responses.
An evolving framework

Neither shelf stands alone.

Charters create the institutions that carry civic responsibility. Codices give those institutions principled ways to act. Both remain accountable to the Constitution.

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