# Legal recourse

`kaal:entity:legal-recourse`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `legal-recourse`. 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, 2019 to 2020.

**2019**

- [3405401-008](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3405401-008) [mechanism/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Because the smart contract removes centralized guarantors and self regulates, only limited legal recourse remains available when execution of the contract terms goes wrong.
  > Most importantly, the smart contract removes centralized guarantors. The smart contract self-regulates. Only limited legal recourse is available if something goes wrong in the execution of the terms of the contract.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Commerce – A Primer on Why Decentralized Reputation Verification Systems Are Needed (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3405401
- [3406323-031](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3406323-031) [mechanism/argued] -- Smart contracts remove centralized guarantors and self-regulate, with the consequence that only limited legal recourse is available if execution of the contract terms goes wrong.
  > Most importantly, the smart contract removes centralized guarantors. The smart contract self-regulates. Only limited legal recourse is available if something goes wrong in the execution of the terms of the contract.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization - A Primer on the New Economy (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3406323

**2020**

- [3652481-015](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3652481-015) [failure/evidenced] *(failure mode)* -- Parties may try to limit remedies to DAO assets through private agreements, but if the DAO faces a tort suit such an agreement is unlikely to be upheld.
  > Parties may be able to limit remedies to DAO assets through private agreements. But, if the DAO should face a tort suit such an agreement is unlikely to be upheld.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – Internal Governance and External Legal Design (2020). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3652481

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