# kaal:claim:5554218-025

**Claim.** Legislation based on or influenced by the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce has been adopted in 87 states across 170 jurisdictions, which shows that a non-binding model law can achieve broad international consensus and significantly harmonize national laws.

**Type.** empirical  **Support.** evidenced

**Holds when.**

- electronic commerce and electronic contracting rules

**Source quote.**

> Legislation based on or influenced by the Model Law has been adopted in 87 states across 170 jurisdictions.79 This remarkable uptake underscores how a non-binding model law can achieve broad international consensus and significantly harmonize national laws.

**From.** Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, *Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) Building the Legal Infrastructure for the Digital Era* (2025), 4.1 General Legal Frameworks in Digital Transactions, page 19

**Cite as.** 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

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**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** uncitral, model-law, soft-law, harmonization, e-commerce

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