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Access to the Codex May Be Guided or Limited  
Category: Tsm’syen Law  
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== Purpose ==
This principle explains that access to entries in the National Ayaawk Codex may be regulated in ways that respect relationship, responsibility, and context.

== General Principle ==
Access to the Codex may be guided or limited.

== Meaning ==
Not all legal knowledge is public in the same way.  
Some material may involve sensitive history, relationships, or responsibilities that require standing or proper context before it can be shared or acted upon.

Guided or limited access respects the rights of those who carry law and protects integrity of sensitive knowledge.

== Implications ==
* Some entries may be open to general reference.  
* Other entries may require proper standing, witnessing, or invitation.  
* Custodians of particular knowledge may set access protocols rooted in responsibility and tradition.

Guidance and limits are not censorship; they are protection of relational authority and integrity.

== Relationship to Authority ==
Those who hold law — elders, houses, or custodians of specific ayaawk — decide appropriate access according to responsibility.  
Access does not confer standing by itself.

== Limits ==
Restrictions must not be arbitrary.  
They must reflect lawful tradition and respect for holders of knowledge.

Access protocols should be clear, communicated, and consistent with respect for both community and individual rights.

== Continuity ==
Guided access ensures that future generations inherit law in forms that maintain meaning, relationship, and respect for source authority.

== Related Concepts ==
* [[Use and protection of the Codex]]
* [[Levels of access and protection]]
* [[Witnessing is required for legitimacy]]