Viability as a Criterion for Information Quality in Law and Governance

This article examines the quality of legal and governmental information through the conceptual framework of Vitology by introducing viability as a complementary criterion for evaluating informational processes in law and governance. While contemporary legal systems primarily assess information according to legality, accuracy, consistency, transparency, procedural validity, and compliance with constitutional and international norms, the proposed approach extends these perspectives by considering how legal information contributes to the preservation, coordination, adaptation, institutional stability, and long-term development of viable societies and public institutions. Particular attention is devoted to the role of high-quality legal information in legislative processes, judicial decision-making, public administration, international law, digital governance, and information security. It is argued that viability may serve as a complementary criterion for evaluating the long-term significance of legal information alongside established legal principles. The proposed framework establishes conceptual links between law, governance, systems science, information science, artificial intelligence, digital regulation, and Computational Vitology, opening new directions for interdisciplinary research on information quality and sustainable governance. Keywords Vitology; law; governance; legal information; information quality; viability; public administration; constitutional law; international law; digital governance; digital regulation; information security; artificial intelligence; systems science; Computational Vitology.