The Reasoning Polity From the NousPolis project

Appendix B

Decision Dossier Templates

Reusable templates for the complete fifteen-stage Decision Dossier, plus the shared cover record, reopened-decision sheet, and integrity checklist.

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This companion exposes the manuscript structure for navigation and study. The complete argument, templates, examples, and instructions remain in the canonical textbook.

  1. B.1How to Use the Templates
  2. B.2Shared Dossier Cover / Core Record
  3. B.3Decision Dossier I - Public Question and Initial Framing Record
  4. B.4Decision Dossier II - Political Order and Authority Record
  5. B.5Decision Dossier III - Jurisdiction and Authority Record
  6. B.6Decision Dossier IV - Stakeholder, Standing and Distribution Record
  7. B.7Decision Dossier V - Competing Research Perspectives
  8. B.8Decision Dossier VI - Power, Legitimacy and AI Role Record
  9. B.9Decision Dossier VII - Research Design and Evidence Plan
  10. B.10Decision Dossier VIII - Qualitative Evidence and Interpretation Record
  11. B.11Decision Dossier IX - Quantitative Evidence and Measurement Record
  12. B.12Decision Dossier X - Causal Claim and Identification Record
  13. B.13Decision Dossier XI - Computational Evidence and Model Record
  14. B.14Decision Dossier XII - Evidence Synthesis and Disagreement Record
  15. B.15Decision Dossier XIII - Participation, Representation and Information Integrity Record
  16. B.16Decision Dossier XIV - Authorised Decision and Public Reason Record
  17. B.17Decision Dossier XV - Implementation, Monitoring and Learning Record
  18. B.18Reopened-Decision Cover Sheet
  19. B.19Template Integrity Checklist

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Future passes can add downloadable teaching artefacts, cross-links, worked examples, and dated updates without silently changing the canonical manuscript.

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Working companion

Use the Decision Dossier templates online.

The reusable toolkit turns Appendix B’s shared cover, Dossiers I–XV, reopened-decision sheet, version discipline, and integrity checklist into browser-local working records without presenting them as an operational N5 interface.

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