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Codification is self defeating at scale: although a specific statute is individually cheaper to understand than a vague standard, the sheer volume of statutory law generates information costs that make the legal landscape more complex rather than simpler.
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While a specific statute might appear easier and cheaper to understand than a vague standard, the sheer volume of new legislation creates significant "information costs."7 These costs arise from the need to navigate and interpret an ever-growing body of statutory law,
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