# Contested view

`kaal:entity:contested-view`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `contested-view`. 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

2 claims across 2 works, 2017 to 2021.

**2017**

- [2939127-025](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2939127-025) [mechanism/argued] -- Contrary to the widespread belief among legal professionals that code can only handle very simple transactions, blockchain enabled smart contracts generally do not require legal involvement across the spectrum of transactions.
  > While blockchain-enabled smart contracts generally do not require legal involvement across the spectrum of transactions, legal professionals often still believe that "code" in smart contracts can only deal with very simple transactions
  Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, Legal Education in the Blockchain Revolution (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2939127

**2021**

- [3949098-027](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3949098-027) [mechanism/argued] -- Against the view that firm commitment underwriting is antithetical to decentralization, Kaal argues it in fact further enhances the level of decentralization.
  > While firm commitment underwriting may be seen as antithetical to decentralization, it in fact further enhances the level of decentralization.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Reputation as Capital – How DAOs Upgrade Finance (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3949098

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