# Legal infrastructure `kaal:entity:legal-infrastructure` **Status.** derived This node is assembled mechanically from the 7 claims that carry the concept tag `legal-infrastructure`. 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 7 claims across 4 works, 2017 to 2025. **2017** - [2992962-001](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2992962-001) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The existing legal infrastructure cannot address the legal challenges presented by crypto transaction disputes, because it is impossible to consistently identify the parties to a dispute arising from crypto transactions on the blockchain. > The existing legal infrastructure cannot address legal challenges presented by crypto transaction disputes. For instance, it is impossible to consistently identify the parties to a dispute in the context of crypto transactions on the blockchain. Wulf A. Kaal, Craig Calcaterra, Crypto Transaction Dispute Resolution (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2992962 - [2992962-010](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2992962-010) [empirical/evidenced] -- The authors treat the near absence of decided case law on crypto smart contracting disputes as evidence that the existing legal infrastructure is too far removed from crypto dispute resolution, or incapable of adequately addressing the disputes crypto transactions generate. > We see this lack of existing case law in the context of crypto smart contracting disputes as evidence that the existing legal infrastructure may be too far removed from crypto dispute resolution or incapable of adequately addressing the types of disputes generated by crypto transactions. Wulf A. Kaal, Craig Calcaterra, Crypto Transaction Dispute Resolution (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2992962 **2021** - [3782201-034](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782201-034) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Unless the Web3 vision builds at least the features and social advantages of the current political and legal systems into its economy, the decentralized economy will merely be a parasite on the dying host of the traditional mainstream economy, and once the host dies today's social advantages will be lost. > Otherwise the decentralized economy will merely be a parasite on the dying host that is the traditional mainstream economy; in that case, once the host is dead, the social advantages we enjoy today will be lost. Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Future of Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782201 - [3808873-025](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808873-025) [mechanism/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Decentralized legal infrastructure solutions were almost entirely missing in the early 2020s despite strong demand, because other prerequisite decentralized infrastructure products, notably a functional public blockchain, were still missing. > Yet, other important decentralized infrastructure products, such as a functional public blockchain were still missing which undermined decentralized infrastructure solutions. Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization Neutralizers (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808873 **2025** - [5554218-029](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5554218-029) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Neither conflict of laws nor legal harmonization can supply a sustainable, systemic solution, because both approaches result in the fossilization of legal relationships. > We have also demonstrated that neither conflict of laws nor legal harmonization can provide a sustainable, systemic solution. Ultimately, these approaches result in the fossilization of legal relationships, 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 - [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 - [5554218-040](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5554218-040) [predictive/asserted] -- The Universal Digital Law Codex is a continuously evolving project whose first draft was scheduled for publication in autumn 2025, after which its institutional structures would be established as a DAO. > UDLC is a project that is constantly evolving. The first draft will be published in the autumn 2025, after which the corresponding institutional structures will be set up based on a DAO. 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 ## Verify Every claim above resolves to a record carrying a verbatim source quote, the sha256 of the source PDF, and a preformatted citation. 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