# Codification

`kaal:entity:codification`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 4 claims that carry the concept tag `codification`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

4 claims across 3 works, 2020 to 2025.

**2020**

- [3606663-032](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3606663-032) [mechanism/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Because human interactions in business are often too complex to be fully codified objectively, DeFi systems that exclude all non objective information from their analysis do not fully utilize available information, which limits their efficiency and usefulness.
  > However, human interaction in business are often too complex to be fully codified objectively. By excluding all non- objective information from the product analysis, all available information may not be fully utilized which limits efficiency and potential usefulness of DeFi
  Kaal, Digital Asset Market Evolution (2020). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3606663

**2024**

- [4957318-003](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4957318-003) [mechanism/evidenced] -- Codification is self defeating at scale: although a specific statute is individually cheaper to understand than a vague standard, the sheer volume of statutory law generates information costs that make the legal landscape more complex rather than simpler.
  > While a specific statute might appear easier and cheaper to understand than a vague standard, the sheer volume of new legislation creates significant "information costs."7 These costs arise from the need to navigate and interpret an ever-growing body of statutory law,
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Future of Law - Dynamic Web3 Governance (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4957318

**2025**

- [5886342-038](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5886342-038) [condition/asserted] -- Amendments to any one Book of the Codex must be consistent with the overall objectives and principles of the Codex, so internal coherence constrains the amendment power itself.
  > Any amendments made to one Book of UDLC Co- dex must be consistent with the overall objectives
  Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Stephan D. Meyer, Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5886342
- [5886342-043](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5886342-043) [design/asserted] -- Every provision of the Codex is subject to a comprehensive review every five years assessing its relevance, effectiveness and alignment with technological and legal developments such as AI, blockchain and quantum computing.
  > (2) Each provision is subject to a comprehensive re-
  Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Stephan D. Meyer, Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5886342

## Verify

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