Ignacio Adrian LERER

Jurists as Evolutionary Engineers: Artificial Selection in Legal Doctrine

2026 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

This paper argues that legal scholars, judges, and codifiers function as evolutionary engineers who consciously practice artificial selection on doctrinal variants to accelerate legal evolution beyond natural selection rates. Just as Darwin recognized that human …

Dead Language, Living Law: Latin Legal Maxims as Perfect Memes

2026 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Latin legal maxims represent evolution's solution to a fundamental problem: how to transmit complex legal concepts across generations without degradation. This paper demonstrates that Latin maxims aren't antiquated traditions but optimally evolved memes that achieve …