Principles and policies mainly guide trained official discretion.

Evidence

Primarily, principles and policies are used and useful as guides to the exercise of a trained and responsible discretion. Usually this means official discretion. They are the basic devices for controlling as well as may be the most important and the more intractable of the decisions which the circumstances of man in society require to be postponed to the future. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 2726

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Policies state objectives while principles justify them with reasons. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 2711; Rules prescribe actions while principles guide judgment. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 993; Rules prescribe mechanical actions while principles guide reflective judgment — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 993

Broader Connections

• Rules prescribe mechanical actions while principles guide reflective judgment #expands (0.80) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 993
• Rules prescribe actions while principles guide judgment. #expands (0.75) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 993