Section 32 of 103
31. Authority and Constitutional Hierarchy
Stable section ID: S05-CON-015-SECTION-32 · 6 content blocks
Authority is the formally recognized power to create, approve, interpret, release, revise, suspend, withdraw, or enforce a System05 provision, status, decision, or designation.
Authority may be constitutional, engineering, organizational, certification-related, regulatory, contractual, or operational. These forms of authority shall not be treated as interchangeable.
Access to information, technical capability, ownership of software, manufacture of a product, or operation of an AI system does not independently grant constitutional or engineering authority.
Constitutional Hierarchy is the ordered relationship through which higher-authority provisions govern lower-level documents and implementations. Lower-level documents may add detail but shall not contradict higher-level provisions.
Within the same authority level, the specifically applicable approved provision shall control within its declared scope. Drafts and informal interpretations have no precedence over approved content.
Applicable law and authorities having jurisdiction remain legally controlling within their jurisdictions. A regional legal requirement may restrict a System05 implementation but does not automatically amend the global System05 Constitution.