The tendency to try to inform uniform rules throughout a jurisdiction, rather than specialised rules…

Elinor Ostrom — Governing The Commons' (Chap 6, Part 2)

The tendency to try to inform uniform rules throughout a jurisdiction, rather than specialised rules that apply to localities within a jurisdiction, makes it it extremely difficult for such officials to set up and enforce rules that will seem effective and fair to local appropriators.

— Elinor Ostrom, Governing The Commons', Chap 6, Part 2