# Legal complexity

`kaal:entity:legal-complexity`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `legal-complexity`. 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 1 works, 2024 to 2024.

**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
- [4957318-006](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4957318-006) [mechanism/argued] -- 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.
  > less accessible to the general public, complicating citizens' ability to understand and engage with the rules that govern their lives. This lack of accessibility and transparency can discourage public engagement and participation in democratic processes
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Future of Law - Dynamic Web3 Governance (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4957318

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