Entrenchment is intentional creation of legal impediments to change
Evidence
Entrenchment comes into view when political actors intentionally create legal impediments to political change. Beyond the special case of constitutionalism, public law has recognized and regulated this behavior primarily in two contexts. — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 39
Categorization
- DEFINE: A crisp working definition: entrenchment = intentional legal impediments to political change, distilling constitution-making into its general form.
- XREF: connects to: Political entrenchment means making political change more difficult than it otherwise would be — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 47; Entrenchment often arises from unintended path-dependent feedback, not strategic design — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 492; Entrenchment means past decision makers asymmetrically constrain future political choices. — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 486 (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Political entrenchment means making political change more difficult than it otherwise would be
#expands(0.95) — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 47 - Some political entrenchment is deliberately designed, not merely incidental
#corroborates(0.88) — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 202 - Entrenchment often arises from unintended path-dependent feedback, not strategic design
#complicates(0.85) — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 492 - Entrenchment means past decision makers asymmetrically constrain future political choices.
#expands(0.82) — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 486