# kaal:claim:5554218-029

**Claim.** Neither conflict of laws nor legal harmonization can supply a sustainable, systemic solution, because both approaches result in the fossilization of legal relationships.

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

**Holds when.**

- innovative, decentralized, and constantly changing technical conditions

**Source quote.**

> We have also demonstrated that neither conflict of laws nor legal harmonization can provide a sustainable, systemic solution. Ultimately, these approaches result in the fossilization of legal relationships,

**From.** Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, *Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) Building the Legal Infrastructure for the Digital Era* (2025), 6.1 Positioning UDLC between code and national law, page 33

**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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**Failure mode.** Fossilization of legal relationships  (family: rule-obsolescence-and-ossification)

**Topics.** law-and-legal-systems

**Keywords.** conflict-of-laws, harmonization, fossilization, legal-infrastructure, udlc

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