# Formalization

`kaal:entity:formalization`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `formalization`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 2 works, 2013 to 2021.

**2013**

- [2267560-024](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2267560-024) [mechanism/argued] -- Unlike ordinary private ordering, where formalization of informal rules can be a lengthy process that is never finalized, formalization of informal rules in the dynamic process happens sooner and is more likely to succeed if those informal rules provide relevant information for public rulemaking.
  > the formalization of informal rules in the dynamic process may happen sooner and is more likely to succeed and be finalized if the informal rules provide relevant information for the public rulemaking process.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Evolution of Law Dynamic Regulation in a New Institutional Economics Framework (2013). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2267560

**2021**

- [3782220-021](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782220-021) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Transcendental values must remain transcendental, because once formalized too rigorously they become more manipulable: a clearly specified definition becomes a focal point for competition instead of a unifying principle.
  > they need to remain transcendental. Once they are formalized too rigorously, they become more manipulable. For example, once the definition of ne- cessity versus non-essential is specified clearly, it becomes a focal point for competi- tion, instead of a unifying principle
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782220

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