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Because regulators seek to avoid grounds for criticism, they inevitably adopt an overly cautious posture, which is what the precautionary principle amounts to in practice.

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Avoiding grounds for criticism inevitably results in an overly cautious approach, called the "precautionary principle."
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Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, Regulation Tomorrow What Happens When Technology Is Faster Than the Law (2017), III. THE FACTUAL BASIS OF MODERN REGULATION, p. 15
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Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, Regulation Tomorrow What Happens When Technology Is Faster Than the Law (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2834531

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mechanismsupport: arguedfailure: criticism avoidance drives precautionfamily: innovation-chillingrisk-and-incentivesinnovation

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