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Switch to graph viewAn encyclopedia of social systems
Theories, political philosophies, economic models, institution types and forms of self-government — each idea traced through theory, real examples, critique and results.
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- Polycentric lawConceptA legal order in which several overlapping providers of rules and adjudication coexist, rather than one territorial monopoly.
- Rule of lawConceptThe principle that government and citizens alike are bound by publicly known, general and stably applied laws enforced by independent courts. Definitions range from thin, formal accounts to thick ones including rights.