Flashcard: Understanding Social Control and Constitutional Inference — 20 carte

Social Control Modalities — definition?

Laws, norms, markets, architecture regulate behavior.

US Constitution as AI — role?

Processes inputs to produce societal outputs via inference.

Inference process — mechanism?

Drawing conclusions from evidence or premises.

Declaration of Independence — purpose?

Declare US sovereignty and justify separation from Britain.

Statehood — Vattel’s view?

Self-governing, independent, sovereign entity.

Sovereignty — key attribute?

Ultimate authority within a territory.

US Constitution — structure?

Framework dividing powers, creating federal system.

Separation of Powers — purpose?

Prevent concentration of government authority.

Checks and Balances — function?

Limit and oversee other branches' powers.

Federalism — principle?

Division of power between national and state governments.

Constitutional Amendments — basis?

Secondary rules enabling constitutional change.

Lessig’s modalities — four?

Laws, norms, markets, architecture.

Law as meta-modality?

Can transform norms, markets, architecture.

Inference — in AI?

Drawing conclusions from data or premises.

Declaration — innovation?

First use of “United States of America.”

Vattel — concept of state?

Self-governing, moral person in international law.

US Constitution — oldest?

Yes, in the world.

Judicial review — established?

Marbury v. Madison (1803).

Federalist Papers — purpose?

Justify and explain the Constitution.

Checks — example?

Veto power, impeachment.