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A layered set of structural buffers that protect institutional judgment from immediate pressure. Comprises three forms: temporal insulation (time between judgment and consequence), fiscal insulation (protection from financial consequence), and procedural insulation (jurisdictional clarity and non-interference). These layers are additive—weakness in any one accelerates authority depletion even if others are present.
Central banks have strong insulation stacks: multi-year appointments (temporal), non-discretionary appropriations (fiscal), and narrow statutory mandates (procedural). Universities have weak stacks: annual funding cycles, donor dependency, and broad stakeholder claims.
ACIJ Section 4.2