# Regulatory complexity

`kaal:entity:regulatory-complexity`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `regulatory-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

3 claims across 2 works, 2016 to 2024.

**2016**

- [2808132-012](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2808132-012) [mechanism/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The political system is less likely to be able to resolve the challenges of disruptive innovation because the increasing complexity of innovation-driven regulatory issues causes confusion among political and policy makers about rapidly emerging change.
  > political system is, however, less likely to be able to deal with the challenges of disruptive innovation because the increasing complexity of innovation-driven regulatory issues causes political and policy makers' confusion over rapidly-emerging disruptive
  Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, How to Regulate Disruptive Innovation - From Facts to Data (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2808132

**2024**

- [4957318-001](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4957318-001) [mechanism/argued] -- Legal accumulation is produced by a specific legislative practice: new regulations are layered over existing ones without repealing outdated provisions. The resulting corpus is more complex and less transparent, which raises compliance costs for individuals and businesses.
  > However, the practice of layering new regulations over existing ones without repealing outdated provisions leads to legal accumulation. This accumulation makes the legal system more complex and less transparent, increasing the compliance costs for individuals and businesses.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Future of Law - Dynamic Web3 Governance (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4957318
- [4957318-002](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4957318-002) [mechanism/argued] -- Overlapping or contradictory regulation raises the risk of selective enforcement and legal arbitrage, because entities that cannot be expected to comply with everything can instead exploit the gaps and inconsistencies to their advantage.
  > When individuals and businesses struggle to understand and adhere to overlapping or contradictory regulations, the risk of selective enforcement and legal arbitrage rises, where entities exploit legal gaps and inconsistencies to their advantage.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Future of Law - Dynamic Web3 Governance (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4957318

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