# Contract design

`kaal:entity:contract-design`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `contract-design`. 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

3 claims across 3 works, 2017 to 2025.

**2017**

- [2939127-039](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2939127-039) [predictive/argued] -- Future lawyers will have to distinguish blockchain based contracting from traditional legal contracting and advise clients on the optimal allocation between the two.
  > For instance, future lawyers will have to be able to distinguish blockchain-based contracting from traditional legal contracting and advise clients on optimal blockchain and non-blockchain contracting allocations.
  Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, Legal Education in the Blockchain Revolution (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2939127

**2018**

- [3227967-009](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3227967-009) [mechanism/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The major cause of lawyers obstructing transactions is the tendency to standardize or proceduralize legal solutions and to use standard form templates, because fixed standardized solutions imposed on complex, dynamic transactions produce frustration and difficulties.
  > This can happen for many reasons but the tendency to standardize – or "proceduralize" - legal solutions and to employ standard form "templates" is one major factor. Fixed and standardized solutions are imposed on complex, dynamic transactions resulting in frustration and difficulties.
  Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Legal Education in a Digital Age Why 'Coding for Lawyers' Matters (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227967

**2025**

- [5554218-030](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5554218-030) [definitional/asserted] -- The Universal Digital Law Codex is defined as a codex that combines national law, code, and business requirements, accommodates different legal systems, and contains an inherent dispute resolution mechanism.
  > The codex combines national law, code and business requirements, takes into account different legal systems, and offers an inherent dispute resolution mechanism.
  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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