# kaal:claim:2834531-015

**Claim.** 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.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Source quote.**

> Avoiding grounds for criticism inevitably results in an overly cautious approach, called the "precautionary principle."

**From.** 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, page 15

**Cite as.** 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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**Failure mode.** criticism avoidance drives precaution  (family: innovation-chilling)

**Topics.** risk-and-incentives, innovation

**Keywords.** precautionary-principle, regulatory-incentives, risk-aversion, innovation-policy

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