The Sortition Architecture
A comprehensive framework for the design, operation, and governance of Sortition Assemblies across the Civic Commonwealth.
What this document covers
- PART I — EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- PART II — CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATION AND DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
- PART III — THE THREE-TIER ARCHITECTURE: OVERVIEW
- PART IV — LOCAL SORTITION ASSEMBLIES (LSAs)
- PART VI — NATIONAL SORTITION ASSEMBLY (NSA)
- PART VIII — EPISTEMIC AND DELIBERATIVE ARCHITECTURE
- PART IX — COMPARATIVE COST ANALYSIS: SORTITION vs THE CURRENT SYSTEM
- PART X — LEGITIMACY, ANTI-CAPTURE, AND ACCOUNTABILITY
The Sortition Architecture is published in full and free of charge as part of the DD&SA corpus — the body of constitutional frameworks, architectures and analyses behind Direct Democracy & Sortition Assemblies. It sits in the Governance & Assemblies category, runs to 23 pages, and can be read in the on-site reading room or downloaded as a PDF.