Law & Governance
Rules, process, and institutions. Clarity, due process, proportionality; avoid selective enforcement and venue gaming.
Healthy uses
- Publish process maps and SLAs.
- Proportional sanctions and clear appeals.
- Open standards and transparent criteria.
Risks to avoid
- Selective or retroactive enforcement.
- Opaque exceptions and waivers.
- Forum shopping that undermines trust.
Controls & guardrails
- Policy-as-code with public tests.
- Evidence logging and audit trails.
- Independence controls and recusal policies.
- Versioned regulations with change logs.
Signals & metrics
- Time to decision
- Appeal rate
- Policy drift incidents
Tech hooks
Compliance (policy-as-code), Observability (evidence logging), Identity (roles/approvals).
Related playbooks
Point A → Point B, Fast
Architecture Sprint (1–2 weeks): Current → Target → 1–90-day plan. D1 maps, D2 target, D3 plan, D4 exec brief.