The code is law paradigm departs from existing legal systems in three linked ways: it shifts authority from sovereign institutions to technical protocols, replaces interpretive flexibility with deterministic enforcement, and substitutes technological neutrality for normative deliberation.
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fundamentally contrasts with existing legal systems by shifting authority from sovereign institutions to technical protocols, replacing interpretive flexibility with deterministic enforcement, and substituting normative deliberation with technological neutrality.
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Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) Building the Legal Infrastructure for the Digital Era (2025), 3. Code is Law, p. 16 https://ssrn.com/abstract=5554218 · source PDF
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Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) Building the Legal Infrastructure for the Digital Era (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5554218
Holds when
blockchain and smart contract architectures presented as self-sufficient regulation
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