This is an editorial topic in preparation, not a published article.
Governance is a system
Documents hold when ownership, status vocabulary, approvals and records are defined together as one system rather than as scattered rules.
Evidence over assertion
Governance is only as strong as the evidence it produces. Audit trails and registers are the physical expression of policy.
Reviewable and reversible
Good governance includes the ability to review decisions and reverse errors while preserving the record of what happened.