# kaal:claim:4957318-027

**Claim.** War functions as a catalyst for legal reform because it compels legislators to focus on laws immediately relevant to wartime and post war objectives, which enables rapid removal of outdated, inefficient, or irrelevant provisions that would otherwise persist.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- wartime and immediate post war periods
- where extraordinary powers to reorganize legal frameworks are available

**Source quote.**

> Wars serve as a catalyst for legal reform by compelling legislators to focus on laws that are immediately relevant to wartime and post-war objectives, facilitating the rapid removal of outdated, inefficient, or irrelevant legal provisions.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *The Future of Law - Dynamic Web3 Governance* (2024), Historical Precedent for Legal Recycling: War Cleanups, page 27

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

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**Topics.** law-and-legal-systems, institutional-design

**Keywords.** legal-recycling, war-cleanups, legal-reform, institutional-inertia, historical-precedent

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