# kaal:claim:3652481-023

**Claim.** Existing legal solutions for DAOs typically require some form of legal representation in the relevant jurisdiction, and jurisdictional requirements pertaining to legal representation are always a point of centralization.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Source quote.**

> Existing legal solutions for DAOs typically require forms of legal representation in the respective jurisdiction. Jurisdictional requirements pertaining to legal representation are always a point of centralization.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – Internal Governance and External Legal Design* (2020), IV. Governance & Legal Design Experimentation, page 30

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – Internal Governance and External Legal Design (2020). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3652481

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**Failure mode.** representation as centralization point  (family: recentralization-drift)

**Topics.** law-and-legal-systems, decentralization, dao

**Keywords.** legal-representation, centralization, jurisdiction, dao-legal-design

**Related claims.**

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