# Public trust

`kaal:entity:public-trust`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 5 claims that carry the concept tag `public-trust`. 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

5 claims across 4 works, 2018 to 2025.

**2018**

- [3227933-003](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3227933-003) [failure/asserted] *(failure mode)* -- Centralized, hierarchical organizations fail on two fronts in a fast changing environment: they adapt too slowly to changing reality and they are losing public trust.
  > Most obviously, such organizations are slow to adapt to a fast-changing reality and are losing public trust.
  Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Why 'Blockchain' Will Disrupt Corporate Organizations (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227933

**2021**

- [3981021-004](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3981021-004) [empirical/evidenced] -- Survey evidence shows a public trust deficit toward charities: while 70 percent of Americans say trust is essential before making a donation, fewer than 20 percent say they highly trust charities.
  > Moreover, a survey by the Better Business Bureau found that 70% of Americans said that trust is essential before making a donation, but fewer than 20% of Americans said they highly trust charities.
  Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Optimize Charitable Giving (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3981021

**2024**

- [4957318-005](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4957318-005) [mechanism/argued] -- Inconsistent application of a proliferating body of law by different judges and regulatory bodies produces unpredictable legal outcomes, which increases litigation as parties seek judicial clarification and in turn undermines public confidence in the legal system.
  > Inconsistencies in the application of laws by different judges or regulatory bodies can result in unpredictable legal outcomes, thereby increasing litigation as parties seek judicial clarification. This inconsistency further undermines public confidence in the legal
  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

**2025**

- [5541658-029](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5541658-029) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The literature offers high short term accuracy figures for judicial AI but almost no evidence on how these tools affect decision quality, case backlogs, or public trust over extended periods, which is a fundamental research gap.
  > while AI tools have demonstrated high accuracy in predicting case outcomes (e.g., 96.9% in the CAIL dataset), there is little evidence on how these tools affect judicial decision-making quality, case backlogs, or public trust over extended periods.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Morgan A. Gray, The Evolving Role of Artificial Intelligence in Law (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5541658

## Verify

Every claim above resolves to a record carrying a verbatim source quote, the sha256 of the source PDF, and a preformatted citation. Nothing here asks to be taken on trust.

    curl -s https://wulfkaal.github.io/entities/public-trust.md | sha256sum

**Canonical form.** This markdown file is the canonical hashed representation of this entity node. Its sha256 is the content hash.