Future Generations

Future Generations

Category: Tsm’syen Law Page status: Working

Purpose

This page describes the responsibility owed to future generations within Tsm’syen law. It records how decisions made in the present must account for those not yet born, ensuring continuity of law, land, language, and governance.

This page does not assign authority to future generations in the present, but recognizes their protected interest.

General principles

• Future generations are holders of inherent interest.
• Present authority carries long-term responsibility.
• Decisions must consider enduring impact.
• Short-term benefit must not undermine continuity.
• Law is judged across generations, not moments.

FUTURE GENERATIONS

Meaning

• Future generations include those not yet born.
• They inherit land, law, and responsibility.
• Their interests are represented through present restraint.
• Protection of future generations is a lawful obligation.

RESPONSIBILITY

Present duty

• Current decision-makers act as temporary holders.
• Authority is exercised in trust, not ownership.
• Actions must preserve options for those who follow.
• Irreversible harm violates responsibility.

LAND AND RESOURCES

Continuity of laxyuup

• Land and resources must be preserved for future use.
• Stewardship decisions consider long-term impact.
• Depletion undermines future standing.
• Protection of laxyuup protects future generations.

LAW AND GOVERNANCE

Transmission

• Ayaawx and adaawx must be passed intact.
• Governance structures must remain understandable.
• Loss of law weakens future authority.
• Teaching supports continuity.

LIMITS

Boundaries on present authority

• Present authority does not include permanent surrender.
• Decisions may not foreclose future choice.
• External pressure does not justify permanent loss.
• Lawful limits protect those not present.

WITNESS

Accountability over time

• Decisions affecting the future require witnessing.
• Witnessing records intent and consequence.
• Memory allows future review.
• Accountability extends beyond the present.

CONTINUITY

Enduring responsibility

• Protection of future generations sustains the Nation.
• Correct restraint strengthens long-term governance.
• Failure to protect weakens law.
• Law endures through care across generations.

To be developed

• Criteria for assessing long-term impact
• Relationship to stewardship and resource law
• Teaching responsibility to future leaders
• Source citations

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