# kaal:claim:3782203-022

**Claim.** Despite its alluring simplicity, the Code is Law credo taken as an absolute is not an efficient solution for business, because unintended consequences of contracts arise in almost every business arrangement.

**Type.** normative  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- commercial smart contract relationships
- unintended consequences of contract execution

**Source quote.**

> Despite how alluring the simplicity of the Code-is-Law credo is, that extreme pu- ritanical line is not an efficient solution for business.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *A Technical Perspective on Decentralization* (2021), Zero-sum games and Code-is-Law smart contracts, page 16

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, A Technical Perspective on Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782203

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**Failure mode.** code-is-law-absolutism  (family: smart-contract-rigidity)

**Topics.** smart-contracts, economics

**Keywords.** code-is-law, smart-contracts, unintended-consequences, business-efficiency

**Related claims.**

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