# kaal:claim:2939127-025

**Claim.** 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.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- transactions capable of being coded
- contested against the prevailing view in the legal community

**Source quote.**

> 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

**From.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, *Legal Education in the Blockchain Revolution* (2017), III.4. Limitations, page 29

**Cite as.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, Legal Education in the Blockchain Revolution (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2939127

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**Topics.** smart-contracts, law-and-legal-systems, education-and-practice, blockchain

**Keywords.** smart-contracts, legal-profession, contested-view, blockchain

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