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This paper examines the nature of legal principles, arguing that they are not universal but rather evolve through memetic selection.

June 14, 2026Open Access

Selected, Not Self-Evident: General Principles of Law as an Evolutionarily Stable Memetic Core

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This paper examines the nature of legal principles, arguing that they are not universal but rather evolve through memetic selection.
Analyzed the historical development of legal principles and their perceived universality.
Proposed an evolutionary model to account for the stability and variation of legal principles across jurisdictions.
Examined case studies illustrating changes in legal principles influenced by societal shifts.
Identified that legal principles show patterns of quasi-fixation through three replicator properties.
Documented instances of legal principles undergoing sequential extinction or convergent evolution under shared pressures.
Highlighted shifts in legal principles due to the introduction of new entities like corporations and AI systems.

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The paper argues against the universal nature of legal principles, suggesting they evolve through selective processes.

Ignacio Adrián LERER (2026) studied this question.

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