Research Case: Why Can Strong Kingship, Necessary in the Founding Phase, Turn into Danger in the Mature Phase?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why can the strong kingship needed in the founding phase turn into danger in the mature phase? 2. Abstract The strong kingship needed in the founding phase can turn into danger in the mature phase because, in an early community, the minimum … Read more

Research Case: Why Does Legal Obedience Support Not Only Order but Stable Rule?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why does making people obey law lead not only to order, but to the stability of rule itself? 2. Abstract Making people obey law leads not only to order, but to the stability of rule itself, because law is not merely a … Read more

Research Case: Why Did Romulus Think Law and Symbols of Authority Could Unite a Rough Population?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why did Romulus think he could integrate rough people through a legal order and symbols of authority? 2. Abstract Romulus thought he could integrate rough people through a legal order and symbols of authority because the people gathered in the community just … Read more

Research Case: Why did the problem of gender balance become a question of state survival itself?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why did the problem of gender balance become a question of state survival itself in the founding of Rome? 2. Abstract The problem of gender balance became a question of state survival itself in the founding of Rome because, for a founding … Read more

Research Case: Why do violence and order formation proceed together in an undifferentiated way in a newly founded state?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why do violence and order formation proceed together in an undifferentiated way in a newly founded state? 2. Abstract In a newly founded state, violence and order formation proceed together in an undifferentiated way because public order has not yet been fully … Read more

Research Case: How Should the Politics of the Founding Phase Be Treated in OS Organizational Design Theory?

A Problem Setting for Connecting Zhenguan Zhengyao to Machiavelli 1. Question In OS Organizational Design Theory, Zhenguan Zhengyao is treated as an important foundational text for the principles of politics in the preservation phase. Then how should the politics of the founding phase be treated? 2. Abstract Emperor Taizong of Tang, who became the model … Read more