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- The Cambridge Handbook of Smart Contracts, Blockchain Technology and Digital Platforms
- The Cambridge Handbook of Smart Contracts, Blockchain Technology and Digital Platforms
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Summary of Contents
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I General Framework
- 1 Smart Contracts and Contract Law
- 2 Definitions of Smart Contracts
- 3 Technology of Smart Contracts
- Part II Contract Law and Smart Contracts
- Part III Electronic Platforms and Networks
- Part IV Privacy, Security and Data Protection
- Part V Smart Contracts
- Part VI Future of Smart Contracts, Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence
2 - Definitions of Smart Contracts
Between Law and Code
from Part I - General Framework
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 October 2019
- The Cambridge Handbook of Smart Contracts, Blockchain Technology and Digital Platforms
- The Cambridge Handbook of Smart Contracts, Blockchain Technology and Digital Platforms
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Summary of Contents
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I General Framework
- 1 Smart Contracts and Contract Law
- 2 Definitions of Smart Contracts
- 3 Technology of Smart Contracts
- Part II Contract Law and Smart Contracts
- Part III Electronic Platforms and Networks
- Part IV Privacy, Security and Data Protection
- Part V Smart Contracts
- Part VI Future of Smart Contracts, Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence
Summary
Chapter 2 investigates the legal dimensions of smart contracts. It analyzes the current legal framework, describes some relevant practical issues, identifies the main legal questions raised by the subject, and offers some conclusive remarks. In particular, Chapter 2 aims at exploring whether this potentially breakthrough technology (i.e., the blockchain) implies a legal revolution: Do smart contracts require new legal avenues to be developed, or is it instead appropriate to adapt the existing legal categories to the new reality? In either case, how are and should they be regulated?
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Smart Contracts, Blockchain Technology and Digital Platforms , pp. 19 - 36Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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