Public law mostly channels the means of politics rather than dictating its ends.

Evidence

Thus, functional entrenchment is another reminder that political actors can often navigate around public law rules, and that public law often serves to channel means rather than dictate ends. — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 530

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Political actors route around legal bans through substitute channels, not direct violation. — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 530; When one entrenchment form is blocked, actors switch to the other — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 160; Political rationality enables and legitimates governing instruments rather than serving them. — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s…, 220 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Political rationality enables and legitimates governing instruments rather than serving them. #corroborates (0.75) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 220
• Political will is defined by means-end capacity, not by its goal. #corroborates (0.75) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 734