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The research investigates the reasons behind the persistence of ineffective laws in legal systems through evolutionary perspectives.

June 11, 2026Open Access

Why Bad Law Persists: Evolutionarily Stable Strategies in Legal Systems

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The research investigates the reasons behind the persistence of ineffective laws in legal systems through evolutionary perspectives.
Analysis of historical legal frameworks
Review of societal behavior regarding legal adherence
Examination of stability in legal norms over time
Identified that certain flawed laws tend to persist due to their evolutionary stability
Showed that societal acceptance and enforcement contribute to the durability of poor legal frameworks
Highlighted the interplay between legal systems and social norms in sustaining ineffective legislation

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Archived open-access copy of a working paper previously listed in the SSRN archive of the Lerer research program. Original SSRN record: https: //papers. ssrn. com/sol3/papers. cfm? abstractᵢd=5478426. This Zenodo record is part of a consolidation pass from SSRN-hosted PDFs to durable Zenodo records.

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Ignacio Adrián LERER (Tue,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2a528480c8f91e7f39e812 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20612839