Not sure what to call it, but because I was thinking about government yesterday I happened to come upon an interview of Neil deGrasse Tyson. Been Shapiro was the interviewer and one of the topics was how to use the scientific method to create laws.
Mr. Tyson's idea is to define a societal problem that needs to be solved. Then, propose laws that would be used to solve the problem. Next, the proposed laws would be tested, and if proven effective, then they would be made into laws.
How the laws would be tested was not defined, but there are potentially many was to go about this. Nevertheless, I love seeing and hearing new ideas and solutions to our societal problems.