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Smart Contracts: Technological, Business and Legal Perspectives

Smart Contracts: Technological, Business and Legal Perspectives

Author: Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci; Mark Fenwick; Stefan Wrbka
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509937028

Published In: June 2021
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781509948253

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This book brings together a series of contributions by leading scholars and practitioners to examine the main features of smart contracts, as well as the response of key stakeholders in technology, business, government and the law.

It explores how this new technology interfaces with the goals and content of contract law, introducing and evaluating several mechanisms to improve the 'observability' and reduce the costs of verifying contractual obligations and performance. It also outlines various 'design patterns' that ensure that end users are protected from themselves, prevent cognitive accidents, and translate expectations and values into more user-oriented agreements. Furthermore, the chapters map the new risks associated with smart contracts, particularly for consumers, and consider how they might be alleviated. The book also discusses the challenge of integrating data protection and privacy concerns into the design of these agreements and the broad range of legal knowledge and skills required.

The use case of smart contracts goes beyond 'contracts' narrowly defined, and they are increasingly used to disrupt traditional models of business organisation. The book discusses so-called decentralised autonomous organisations and decentralised finance as illustrations of this trend.

This book is designed for those interested in looking to deepen their understanding of this game-changing new legal technology.

Introduction: The Technology, Use-Cases, and Law of Smart Contracts

Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Mark Fenwick (Kyushu University, Japan) and Stefan Wrbka (University of Applied Sciences for Management and Communication, Austria)

1. Contracts: Ex Machina

Kevin Werbach (University of Pennsylvania, USA) and Nicolas Cornell (University of Michigan, USA)

2. The Fine Print in Smart Contracts

Joshua S. Gans (University of Toronto, Canada)

3. Smart Contracts and Traditional Contracts: Views of Contract Law

Matti Rudanko (Aalto University, Finland)

4. Data Protection Issues for Smart Contracts

W Gregory Voss (TBS Business School, France)

5. Proactive Legal Design for Health Data Sharing Based on Smart Contracts

Arianna Rossi (University of Luxembourg) and Helena Haapio (University of Vaasa, Finland)

6. A Multilayer Safeguard Mechanism to Optimize the Potential of Smart Contracts in B2C Transactions

Stefan Wrbka (University of Applied Sciences for Management and Communication, Austria)

7. Feeding Smart Contract Legal Requirements with Semantic and Event Detection Logic Structures from Modern Service Oriented Supply Chains

Stylianos Tsarsitalidis (Harokopio University of Athens, Greece), Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), George Kousiouris (Harokopio University of Athens, Greece) and Alan Dahi (Data Protection and Privacy Counsel)

8. The Historical Significance of Blockchain and Smart Contracts

Mark Fenwick (Kyushu University, Japan) and Erik PM Vermeulen (Tilburg University, the Netherlands)

9. The Uncertain Future of Smart Contracts

Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Mark Fenwick (Kyushu University, Japan) and Stefan Wrbka (University of Applied Sciences for Management and Communication, Austria)