# kaal:claim:5887242-004

**Claim.** Private codifications such as the Uniform Commercial Code and INCOTERMS remain static texts that can be amended only through protracted, committee-driven processes, and those processes inevitably favor incumbents and territorial interests.

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

**Holds when.**

- committee-based private codification with periodic amendment cycles

**Source quote.**

> Private codifications, from the Uniform Commercial Code to INCOTERMS, remain static texts amended only through protracted, committee-driven processes that inevitably favor incumbents and territorial interests.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *The UDLC DAO Operationalizing a Continuously Evolving Universal Digital Law Codex Through Weighted* (2025), Introduction, page 4

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, The UDLC DAO Operationalizing a Continuously Evolving Universal Digital Law Codex Through Weighted (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5887242

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**Failure mode.** committee-driven-incumbent-capture  (family: regulatory-capture-and-incumbent-advantage)

**Topics.** regulatory-failure

**Keywords.** private-codification, ucc, incoterms, incumbent-capture, amendment-process

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