The phrase "formal and substantive" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe an aspect of something that is both formal and substantive in nature. For example, "The policy is both formal and substantive, providing a clear set of rules and regulations for employees."
Here Wolff defines perfection in both formal and substantive terms: formally, simply as the order or harmony of the parts in a whole; but substantively, as the suitability of that order or harmony of parts for achieving the aim that is intended for the whole, such as accurately telling time in the case of a clock.
The use of transformational grammar in language analysis assumes a certain number of formal and substantive universals.
I hesitate to say too much, since the movie is built around a series of formal and substantive revelations that must be seen to be believed.
And he had challenged the structuralists' insistence upon the uniqueness of every language, claiming instead that all languages were, to a considerable degree, cut to the same pattern they shared a certain number of formal and substantive universals.
In 2004, Tom Calma, then Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner, explained the difference between formal and substantive equality: [I]f there are two people stuck down two different wells, one of them is 5m deep and the other is 10m deep, throwing them both 5m of rope would only accord formal equality.
Formal and substantive equality of opportunity ideals require more than avoidance of discrimination.
On Tuesday, Senate aides said that formal debate and substantive votes on the gun issues would probably slip to the week of April 15 — a setback considering that Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, had pledged that it would be the first issue to come up when Congress returns from spring recess next week.
So yes, there is some Jesuitical casuistry at play here, and Scalia (who was first in class at his Jesuit high school and Jesuit college), Clarence Thomas (graduate of a Jesuit college), and other leading judicial conservatives are entirely mindful that their formal methods and substantive goals harmonize.
On the other hand, in Coughlan the Court of Appeal cited the following passage from R. v. Inland Revenue Commissioners, ex parte MFK Underwriting Agents Ltd. (1990): The Court of Appeal emphasized that the approach taken in that case made no formal distinction between procedural and substantive unfairness.
In this sense, communicative ethics is formal and procedural rather than substantive.
Bevin had a "very extensive and substantive conversation" with Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell earlier this month in preparation for formal discussions with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, he said.
