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Legal State Governance

Simple Explanation (for anyone)

Imagine a system that is always running.

Nothing disappears from the screen.
Nothing breaks.
Nothing restarts.

The system does not constantly interfere with what you are seeing.

Only one thing happens:

When a person tries to perform a new action, the system checks whether that action is allowed.

If it is allowed:

the action happens normally.

If it is not allowed:

the action simply does not occur.

No warning screens.
No errors.
No white screens.

The system does not control the user continuously.
It only evaluates new actions, exactly at the moment they are requested.


Technical Explanation (for developers)

The problem with traditional models

Most systems implement governance like this:

legal state changes
→ UI reacts
→ components are recreated
→ side effects appear

This mixes governance, execution, and interface.

The result is instability, recomposition loops, and unpredictable behavior.


The correct model: governing actions, not states

In Legal State Governance:

Legal state changes do not trigger execution

Only explicit human actions are evaluated

Architecturally:

Layer Responsibility

Governance Decides whether an action is allowed
Executor Executes the action if allowed
Interface Displays the current state

No layer leaks into another.


The concept of Explicit Human Action

Every sensitive operation must pass through a single, explicit checkpoint:

Button(onClick = {
if (governance.allows(action)) {
executor.execute()
}
})

This is the only authorized place to execute something meaningful.

There is no:

automatic execution

hidden side effects

implicit navigation


Practical application (WebView)

The WebView is created once

It starts in a neutral state (about:blank)

Governance never manipulates the WebView itself

Navigation only happens after a human click

Interception occurs only here:

shouldOverrideUrlLoading()

And it evaluates:

intent (domain)

legal context

Not the full technical URL.


Why this model is robust

Eliminates white screens

Prevents recomposition loops

Supports legal downgrades without disruption

Preserves system predictability

From an engineering standpoint:

The system becomes deterministic because it reacts only to human actions.


One-sentence summary

Simple:
The system only decides when you try to do something new.

Technical:
Governance operates exclusively at explicit action points, never on passive state changes.

Patent application filed in Brazil
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