kaal:claim:4957318-019

Legal garbage collection is blocked by politics rather than by analysis: outdated or redundant laws remain contentious when they carry symbolic importance for particular constituencies or when repeal would be read as weakening the regulatory framework.

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Laws, even those considered outdated or redundant, can be politically contentious, particularly when they hold symbolic importance to specific constituencies or when their removal might be perceived as weakening the regulatory framework.
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Wulf A. Kaal, The Future of Law - Dynamic Web3 Governance (2024), Legal Garbage Collection, Critique, p. 20
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Wulf A. Kaal, The Future of Law - Dynamic Web3 Governance (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4957318

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failuresupport: arguedfailure: symbolic-law-repeal-resistancefamily: rule-obsolescence-and-ossificationlaw-and-legal-systems

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