ABSTRACT A new technology called" smart contracts" has emerged. What makes these
legal agreements innovative is that their execution is made automatic through the use of …

The concept of smart contracts entered the legal discourse on ya few years ago, yet the
subject has already given rise to remarkably different approaches. Wh e some assume that …

There has been little discussion about smart contracts in relation to contract law. The
concept of smart contracting has remained incomprehensible to most lawyers, and …

" Smart contracts" are neither smart nor contracts, 2 butthenamehas stuck. Instead, they are
mechanisms that enforce agreements using software rather than law. 3 The contracting …

Smart contracts are an emerging technology that could revolutionize commercial
transactions by eliminating inefficiencies and uncertainty created by the current transactional …

Technology promises to replace slow and imprecise paper institutions with efficient, digitized
counterparts.'Contract law is a frequent target of these hopes. 2 Though contracts ostensibly …

This article investigates the legal dimension of smart contracts. In particular, it reviews their
existing definitions in some of the main laws enacted and scholarly articles published to …

If one is to believe the popular press and many “technical writings,” blockchains create not
only a perfect transactional environment but also obviate the need for banks, lawyers and …

Often, we wish to let parties alter or undo a contract that has been made. Toward this end,
contract law has developed a set of traditional tools for altering and undoing contracts …

The paper analyzes legal issues associated with the application of existing contract law
provisions to so-called Smart contracts, defined in the paper as 'agreements existing in the …