# kaal:claim:3652481-025

**Claim.** A DAO needs a legal wrapper to represent it because a DAO on its own cannot rent an office or sign a contract that can only be executed on paper.

**Type.** design  **Support.** evidenced

**Source quote.**

> First, a DAO with a legal wrapper enables the DAO's operations in the real world and beyond. A DAO needs a legal wrapper representing the DAO in the sense that a DAO cannot rent an office or sign a contract that can only happen on paper.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – Internal Governance and External Legal Design* (2020), IV. Governance & Legal Design Experimentation, page 31

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

**Keywords.** legal-wrapper, real-world-operations, dao-legal-design, contracting

**Related claims.**

- restated_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3799320-018
- generalizes: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3962614-034

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