External frameworks do not redefine internal law
External Frameworks Do Not Redefine Internal Law
Category: Governance Principles Page status: Working
Statement
External frameworks do not redefine internal law.
Purpose
To affirm that descriptions, comparisons, or administrative categories from outside systems cannot alter the meaning of Tsm’syen law.
Explanation
Other governments, courts, academics, or organizations may attempt to interpret or translate.
Their interpretations may assist understanding, but they do not carry authority within the Nation.
Meaning remains grounded in ayaawx, adaawx, relationship, and lived practice.
Function
This principle prevents transfer of interpretive control.
It protects continuity and ensures that authority remains internal.
What This Prevents
- substitution of foreign definitions
- administrative reshaping
- policy-driven reinterpretation
- validation requirements imposed from outside
Relationship to Cooperation
Cooperation across systems may occur. Cooperation does not grant authority to redefine.
Result
Engagement with others becomes possible without loss of jurisdiction over meaning.