# Legal representation

`kaal:entity:legal-representation`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `legal-representation`. 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 2 works, 2020 to 2021.

**2020**

- [3652481-001](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3652481-001) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Tying a DAO's legal existence to an existing legal and jurisdictional framework typically forces the DAO to appoint a representative in that jurisdiction, and that representative centralizes the DAO, which causes the DAO concept itself to fail.
  > Tying the legal existence of a DAO to any forms of existing legal and jurisdictional frameworks typically results in the need for a representative in the chosen legal framework and jurisdiction, which, in turn, centralizes the DAO and results in the failure of the DAO concept.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – Internal Governance and External Legal Design (2020). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3652481
- [3652481-023](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3652481-023) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Existing legal solutions for DAOs typically require some form of legal representation in the relevant jurisdiction, and jurisdictional requirements pertaining to legal representation are always a point of centralization.
  > Existing legal solutions for DAOs typically require forms of legal representation in the respective jurisdiction. Jurisdictional requirements pertaining to legal representation are always a point of centralization.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – Internal Governance and External Legal Design (2020). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3652481

**2021**

- [3799320-017](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3799320-017) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Existing legal solutions for DAOs typically require some form of legal representation in the relevant jurisdiction, and such representation is always a point of centralization.
  > Existing legal solutions for DAOs typically require forms of legal representation in the respective jurisdiction, which are always a point of centralization.
  Wulf A. Kaal, A Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) of DAOs (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3799320

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