# kaal:claim:3782191-008

**Claim.** The subsidiarity principle, which holds that issues should be addressed at the most immediate level consistent with their resolution, cannot by itself encapsulate the ontology and desirable outcomes of decentralization.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- subsidiarity as used in existing legal frameworks and European Union law

**Source quote.**

> While local government may be closer to the concerns of the people and better able to respond to the preferences of its citizens, subsidiarity alone cannot encapsu- late the ontology and desirable outcomes of decentralization.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Preface to* (2021), Definition?, page 4

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Preface to (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782191

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `b0bf0529c3cf69839879bc4da476714efee2717a4beb768bd5c859b810e6174e` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Preface%20to.pdf

**Failure mode.** subsidiarity-insufficiency  (family: harmonization-and-standardization-failure)

**Topics.** decentralization, law-and-legal-systems

**Keywords.** subsidiarity, decentralization, legal-principles, definition

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