# kaal:claim:4957318-010

**Claim.** Sunset provisions fail on their own terms when the mandated reviews are not conducted thoroughly, because laws then either expire or continue without proper scrutiny, which defeats the purpose of the mechanism.

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

**Holds when.**

- where legislative review capacity or attention is insufficient

**Source quote.**

> Moreover, if the necessary reviews are not conducted thoroughly, the effectiveness of sunset provisions is undermined, and laws may expire or continue without proper scrutiny, defeating the intended purpose of these mechanisms.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *The Future of Law - Dynamic Web3 Governance* (2024), Sunset Provisions, Critique, page 14

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, The Future of Law - Dynamic Web3 Governance (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4957318

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `137fb77eb82111a85f0ab5581926f762a7414ae84aaf3d56e8299db670e0e0c1` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202024%20-%20The%20Future%20of%20Law%20-%20Dynamic%20Web3%20Governance.pdf

**Failure mode.** hollow-sunset-review  (family: rule-obsolescence-and-ossification)

**Topics.** economics

**Keywords.** sunset-provisions, legislative-inefficiency, review-quality, regulatory-reform

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