diff --git a/src/Policy/MapResolver.php b/src/Policy/MapResolver.php
index 170ed71..24b7d40 100644
--- a/src/Policy/MapResolver.php
+++ b/src/Policy/MapResolver.php
@@ -89,20 +89,29 @@ public function map(string $resourceClass, callable|object|string $policy)
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      *
-     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException When a resource is not an object.
+     * Accepts either an object instance or a class FQCN string registered in
+     * the map. Strings that are not valid class names continue to raise
+     * InvalidArgumentException.
+     *
+     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException When a resource is neither an object nor a class FQCN string.
      * @throws \Authorization\Policy\Exception\MissingPolicyException When a policy for a resource has not been defined.
      */
     public function getPolicy($resource): mixed
     {
-        if (!is_object($resource)) {
-            $message = sprintf('Resource must be an object, `%s` given.', gettype($resource));
+        if (is_object($resource)) {
+            $class = $resource::class;
+        } elseif (is_string($resource) && class_exists($resource)) {
+            $class = $resource;
+        } else {
+            $message = sprintf(
+                'Resource must be an object or class FQCN string, `%s` given.',
+                is_string($resource) ? $resource : gettype($resource),
+            );
             throw new InvalidArgumentException($message);
         }
 
-        $class = $resource::class;
-
         if (!isset($this->map[$class])) {
-            throw new MissingPolicyException($resource);
+            throw new MissingPolicyException(is_object($resource) ? $resource : [$class]);
         }
 
         $policy = $this->map[$class];
diff --git a/src/Policy/OrmResolver.php b/src/Policy/OrmResolver.php
index d52aedd..3e2f615 100644
--- a/src/Policy/OrmResolver.php
+++ b/src/Policy/OrmResolver.php
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ public function __construct(
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get a policy for an ORM Table, Entity or Query.
+     * Get a policy for an ORM Table, Entity, Query or class name string.
+     *
+     * Accepting an entity/table FQCN string as the resource allows checks
+     * like `$user->can('add', Article::class)` where no instance is on hand
+     * (e.g. menu rendering before a `newEmptyEntity()`).
      *
      * @param mixed $resource The resource.
      * @return mixed
@@ -88,10 +92,39 @@ public function getPolicy(mixed $resource): mixed
 
             return $this->getRepositoryPolicy($repo);
         }
+        if (is_string($resource) && class_exists($resource)) {
+            return $this->getPolicyByClassName($resource);
+        }
 
         throw new MissingPolicyException([get_debug_type($resource)]);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Locate a policy from a class name string by matching the standard
+     * entity/table namespace markers.
+     *
+     * @param string $class The fully qualified class name.
+     * @return mixed
+     * @throws \Authorization\Policy\Exception\MissingPolicyException When the
+     *   string does not match an entity/table namespace pattern or no policy
+     *   exists at the conventional location.
+     */
+    protected function getPolicyByClassName(string $class): mixed
+    {
+        foreach (['\Model\Entity\\', '\Model\Table\\'] as $marker) {
+            $pos = strpos($class, $marker);
+            if ($pos === false) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $namespace = str_replace('\\', '/', substr($class, 0, $pos));
+            $name = str_replace('\\', '/', substr($class, $pos + strlen($marker)));
+
+            return $this->findPolicy($class, $name, $namespace);
+        }
+
+        throw new MissingPolicyException([$class]);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get a policy for an entity
      *
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Policy/MapResolverTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Policy/MapResolverTest.php
index abbf2f5..39668b2 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Policy/MapResolverTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Policy/MapResolverTest.php
@@ -92,11 +92,30 @@ public function testGetPolicyPrimitive(): void
         $resolver = new MapResolver();
 
         $this->expectException(InvalidArgumentException::class);
-        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Resource must be an object, `string` given.');
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Resource must be an object or class FQCN string, `Foo` given.');
 
         $resolver->getPolicy('Foo');
     }
 
+    public function testGetPolicyClassNameAsResource(): void
+    {
+        $resolver = new MapResolver();
+        $resolver->map(Article::class, ArticlePolicy::class);
+
+        $result = $resolver->getPolicy(Article::class);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(ArticlePolicy::class, $result);
+    }
+
+    public function testGetPolicyUnregisteredClassString(): void
+    {
+        $resolver = new MapResolver();
+
+        $this->expectException(MissingPolicyException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Policy for `TestApp\Model\Entity\Article` has not been defined.');
+
+        $resolver->getPolicy(Article::class);
+    }
+
     public function testGetPolicyMissing(): void
     {
         $resolver = new MapResolver();
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Policy/OrmResolverTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Policy/OrmResolverTest.php
index b8d19c7..617ca64 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Policy/OrmResolverTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Policy/OrmResolverTest.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 use OverridePlugin\Policy\TagPolicy as OverrideTagPolicy;
 use stdClass;
 use TestApp\Model\Entity\Article;
+use TestApp\Model\Table\ArticlesTable;
 use TestApp\Policy\ArticlePolicy;
 use TestApp\Policy\ArticlesTablePolicy;
 use TestApp\Policy\TestPlugin\BookmarkPolicy;
@@ -125,6 +126,36 @@ public function testGetPolicyUnknownTable(): void
         $resolver->getPolicy($articles);
     }
 
+    public function testGetPolicyFromEntityClassString(): void
+    {
+        $resolver = new OrmResolver('TestApp');
+        $policy = $resolver->getPolicy(Article::class);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(ArticlePolicy::class, $policy);
+    }
+
+    public function testGetPolicyFromTableClassString(): void
+    {
+        $resolver = new OrmResolver('TestApp');
+        $policy = $resolver->getPolicy(ArticlesTable::class);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(ArticlesTablePolicy::class, $policy);
+    }
+
+    public function testGetPolicyFromUnrelatedClassString(): void
+    {
+        $resolver = new OrmResolver('TestApp');
+
+        $this->expectException(MissingPolicyException::class);
+        $resolver->getPolicy(TestService::class);
+    }
+
+    public function testGetPolicyFromNonClassString(): void
+    {
+        $resolver = new OrmResolver('TestApp');
+
+        $this->expectException(MissingPolicyException::class);
+        $resolver->getPolicy('NotAClassName');
+    }
+
     public function testGetPolicyViaDIC(): void
     {
         $container = new Container();