Blockchains, Smart Contracts, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations and the Law

Foreword
Daniel Kraus, Olivier Hari and Thierry Obrist
Introduction
Daniel Kraus
1. Blockchains – Perspectives and challenges
Vincent Mignon
2. Cutting out the middleman: A case study of blockchain-technology induced reconfigurations in the Swiss financial services industry
Pascal Witzig and Victoriya Salomon
3. Aspects of Private International Law Related to Blockchain Transactions
Florence Guillaume
4. When Disruptive Meets Streamline: International Standardization in Blockchain
Panagiotis Delimatsis
5. How Smart Can a Contract Be?
Blaise Carron and Valentin Botteron
6. Aspects of Swiss financial Regulation
Biba Homsy
7. The protection of cryptocurrencies’ owner : Selected aspects of Swiss financial market and bankruptcy law in relation to the treatment of cryptocurrencies in bankruptcy proceedings, in particular bitcoin
Olivier Hari
8. Blockchains, Smart Contracts, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations and the Law: Perspectives of a Distributed Future: Aspects of Criminal Law
Nadja Capus and Maëlle Le Boudec
9. Blockchains: Aspects of Intellectual Property Law
Daniel Kraus and Charlotte Boulay
10. Blockchain and Data Protection
Adrien Alberini and Vincent Pfammatter
11. Tax Treatment of Cryptocurrency Holders and Miners in the Era of Virtual Currencies from a Multijurisdictional and Swiss Perspective
Thierry Obrist and Roland A. Pfister
Index