A legal contract channels stored political power toward private purposes

Evidence

Under rules of the one type, which may well be considered the basic or primary type, human beings are required to do or abstain from certain actions, whether they wish to or not. Rules of the other type are in a sense parasitic upon or secondary to the first; for they provide that human beings may by doing or saying certain things introduce new rules of the primary type, extinguish or modify old ones, or in various ways determine their incidence or control their operations. Rules of the first type impose duties; rules of the second type confer powers, public or private. — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 288 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Primary rules impose duties while secondary rules confer public or private powers — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 288; Patron relationships win permission to use public settings for unintended private purposes.; State power depends materially on the bodies citizens lend it. (+10 more)

Related

• Primary rules impose duties while secondary rules confer public or private powers (similarity 0.86)
• The rules that stipulate how Congress is composed, and how it enacts legislation, are examples of secondary rules. Rules about forming contracts and executing wills are also secondary rules… (similarity 0.80)
• The rules that stipulate how Congress is composed, and how it enacts legislation, are examples of secondary rules. (similarity 0.79)
• Private citizens need only obey rules for their own part. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Patron relationships win permission to use public settings for unintended private purposes. #exemplifies (0.70)
• Primary rules impose duties while secondary rules confer public or private powers #expands (0.55) — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 288