{
  "handle": "Localhinge",
  "gloss": "Link decisions at different scales so that each level can correct the others",
  "mechanism": "Decisions made at different levels of a {{hierarchy}}, such as team and organisation or local and central, are linked: each level has a stated route for sending corrections to the others, and each correction is answered by the level that receives it.",
  "invariants": [
    "Each level has a stated route for sending corrections to the other levels.",
    "Each correction is answered by the receiving level."
  ],
  "failure_modes": [
    "One-way scale: corrections flow only downward.",
    "Local veto: every local objection blocks central decisions."
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "path": [
      "Society",
      "Governance"
    ],
    "ring": 2,
    "tier": 2,
    "related": [
      "Mosaicmap",
      "Dissentkeep"
    ],
    "minted": "2026-10-05T21:54:54+02:00"
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:Localhinge#mh:SHA-256:7a04e29d03a29b505561e3275ee3f10c6cdf2afcdf92bb71c14919ac6cbe8fa9",
  "sema_ref": "Localhinge#7a04",
  "sema_stub": "7a04",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "hierarchy": "sema:Hierarchy#mh:SHA-256:5951b6a616f97ff8ef7b78407ed0631150191253d88f00bbb2ef429cc5a8cf85"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Society",
  "sema_category": "Governance",
  "used_by": {}
}
