# kaal:claim:3799320-017

**Claim.** Existing legal solutions for DAOs typically require some form of legal representation in the relevant jurisdiction, and such representation is always a point of centralization.

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

**Holds when.**

- current legal wrappers available to DAOs

**Source quote.**

> Existing legal solutions for DAOs typically require forms of legal representation in the respective jurisdiction, which are always a point of centralization.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *A Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) of DAOs* (2021), Governance & Legal Design Experimentation, page 12

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, A Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) of DAOs (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3799320

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `c3dff852f2d3f04718c829a24189309a7db4d92d84f6045d3d4f562d87c03e63` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20A%20Decentralized%20Autonomous%20Organization%20%28DAO%29%20of%20DAOs.pdf

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

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

**Keywords.** legal-representation, centralization, legal-wrapper, jurisdiction

**Related claims.**

- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3652481-023
- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3652481-001

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