statetying
Statetying is a term used in political theory to describe the process by which a state ties its future policy options and regulatory authority to a set of formal commitments, such as constitutional provisions, international treaties, or participation in transnational institutions. The concept is not universally standardized and appears in some theoretical discussions as a descriptive label rather than a settled doctrine. The central idea is that governments encode long-term constraints on sovereignty or policy discretion in enduring legal or institutional forms.
Mechanisms of statetying include constitutional entrenchment, long-term statutory regimes, independent agencies with protected mandates, and the
Examples cited in debates range from jurisdictions with entrenched rights or budget rules to regions bound
See also: constitutional entrenchment, sovereignty, international law, legal transplantation, state-building.