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Research output around RegelRecht: the thinking behind publishing machine-executable law, written up for an academic audience.

Eelco Hotting and Anne SchuthGovernment law execution is formalized in software, but that software is not published. This deepens the executive’s structural advantage in the separation of powers: it alone can see how operative law is applied, while Parliament, courts, and citizens cannot verify, review, or predict its application. This paper proposes that law execution be published as machine-executable specifications in a restricted, declarative format designed to be readable by legal professionals.

RegelRecht

An exploration by Bureau Architectuur of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy into the possibilities of transparent, executable legislation.

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