# Legalism

`kaal:entity:legalism`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `legalism`. 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 1 works, 2021 to 2021.

**2021**

- [3782193-016](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782193-016) [mechanism/argued] -- Centralization is a powerful mechanism for rapidly building an efficient organization aimed at solving one specific problem, such as war in pre-unified China.
  > Centralization is a powerful mechanism for rapidly building an effi- cient organization for solving a specific problem (e.g., war in pre-unified China).
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782193
- [3782193-018](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782193-018) [empirical/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The centralized hierarchy built by the Chinese Communist Revolution was extremely successful at the military goal it was designed for, but once the military threat was gone it failed completely at solving other important problems, producing catastrophic reforms such as the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward.
  > This centralized hierarchy was extremely successful at the military goal it was designed for, but completely failed at solving other important problems once the military threat was gone.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782193

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