Contrary to the widespread belief among legal professionals that code can only handle very simple transactions, blockchain enabled smart contracts generally do not require legal involvement across the spectrum of transactions.
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While blockchain-enabled smart contracts generally do not require legal involvement across the spectrum of transactions, legal professionals often still believe that "code" in smart contracts can only deal with very simple transactions
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Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, Legal Education in the Blockchain Revolution (2017), III.4. Limitations, p. 29 https://ssrn.com/abstract=2939127 · source PDF
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Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, Legal Education in the Blockchain Revolution (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2939127
Holds when
transactions capable of being coded
contested against the prevailing view in the legal community
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