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   "text": "The sandbox generates legitimacy as well as information: because the tested technology remains open to discussion and democratic supervision, public entitlement to participate in regulatory debates creates a renewed sense of legitimacy that justifies the regulation.",
   "abstract": "In this way, public entitlement to participate in regulatory debates can help to create a renewed sense of legitimacy that justifies the regulation.",
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   "text": "As law becomes more detailed and specialized it becomes less accessible to the general public, which complicates citizens' ability to understand the rules governing them and discourages engagement and participation in democratic processes.",
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