self-enforcing
adjective
self-en·forc·ing
ˌself-in-ˈfȯr-siŋ 
: containing in itself the authority or means that provide for its enforcement
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No democratic constitution is self-enforcing, not even ones much older than the Weimar Republic was in the early 1930s.
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Daniel Ziblatt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025
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Daniel Ziblatt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Self-enforcing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-enforcing. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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