The Rules That
Run the World
A white paper on the Open Law Reference Framework: the constitutional infrastructure for machine-executable law in the age of autonomous AI agents.
Joerg Resch · SPRIND · v0.5 · CC BY 4.0
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Contents
Part 1 The Civilisational Stakes
Part 2 The Architecture
- 5 The OLRF Framework — Components and Their Roles
- 6 The Decision Tree — Structure and Syntax
- 7 The Registry — The Public Record of Machine-Applicable Law
- 8 The Interface Layer — How AI Systems Access the Normative Infrastructure
- 9 Discretion Points — Human Judgment in Automated Governance
- 10 Agent Certification — The State Examination for Machine Actors
- 11 Agent Coordination — Multi-Agent Legal Processes and the Preservation of Accountability
Part 3 Constitutional and Democratic Dimensions
Part 4 From Vision to Practice