| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Regulating blockchain : techno-social and legal challenges: an introduction / Philipp Hacker, Ioannis Lianos, Georgio Dimitropoulos, and Stefan Eich -- The blockchain paradox / Paolo Tasca and Riccardo Piselli -- Blockchains, private ordering, and the future of governance / Jonathan Rohr and Aaron Wright -- In code(rs) we trust : software developers and fiduciaries in public blockchains / Angela Walch -- Old utopias, new tax havens : the politics of Bitcoin in historical perspective / Stefan Eich -- Monetary policy in the digital age / Claus D. Zimmermann -- Global currencies and domestic regulation : embedding through enabling? / Georgios Dimitropoulos -- Corporate governance for complex cryptocurrencies? a framework for stability and decision making in blockchain-based organizations / Philipp Hacker -- Banking in a digital fiat currency regime / Rohan Grey -- Regulating the shadow payment system : Bitcoin, mobile money, and beyond / Jonathan Greenacre -- Blockchain-based insurance / Michael Abramowicz -- Blockchain, securities markets, and central banking / Alexandros L. Seretakis -- The crypto-security : initial coin offerings and EU securities regulation / Philipp Hacker and Chris Thomale -- Regulation of blockchain token sales in the United States / Houman B. Shadab -- Blockchain and payment systems : a tale about re-intermediation / Agnieszka Janczuk-Gorywoda -- Conflicts of laws and codes : defining the boundaries of digital jurisdictions / Florian Möslein -- The judicialization of the blockchain / Pietro Ortolani -- Smart contracts : coding the transaction, decoding the legal debates / Roger Brownsword -- Blockchain competition : gaining competitive advantage in the digital economy : competition law implications / Ioannis Lianos |
| Summary |
This collection provides an in-depth analysis of the intersection between blockchain technology and the law. Covering EU, US, and Asian jurisdictions, it assesses the necessities of and opportunities for the regulation of blockchain technology in a range of key legal fields, such as competition law, securities regulation, corporate, insurance, contract, and data protection law. Instead of postulating the disruptive superiority of distributed ledger technology across potential areas of application, however, the volume offers a nuanced treatment of use cases ranging from early applications in finance to ICOs, alternative dispute resolution platforms, and smart contracts. It takes a distinct techno-social perspective in understanding the legal implications of blockchain technology as a possible new general-purpose technology. The interaction of blockchain technology with the legal system raises key questions concerning governance and government, private order and state authority, and the relationship between different 'calculative' spaces for assessing and allocating value. These questions do not only have a long pedigree, they are also acutely relevant to our immediate future. By drawing on technological, political, economic, and legal points of view, the volume shows why blockchain matters for societies, and why the law matters for blockchain |
| Notes |
This edition also issued in print: 2019 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 29, 2019) |
| Subject |
Blockchains (Databases) -- Law and legislation.
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Blockchains (Databases) -- Social aspects
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Blockchains (Databases) -- Economic aspects
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Internet governance.
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Electronic funds transfers -- Law and legislation.
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Digital currency -- Law and legislation.
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Digital currency.
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Blockchains (Databases) -- Law and legislation
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Digital currency
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Digital currency -- Law and legislation
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Electronic funds transfers -- Law and legislation
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Internet governance
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Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law.
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Law.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Hacker, Philipp, 1985- editor.
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Lianos, Ioannis, editor.
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Dimitropoulos, Georgios, 1984- editor.
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Eich, Stefan, editor
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| ISBN |
9780191878206 |
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0191878200 |
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9780192579508 |
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0192579509 |
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