# kaal:claim:2959730-022

**Claim.** Smart contracting on the blockchain often makes legal contracting unnecessary because smart contracts emulate the logic of legal contract clauses.

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

**Holds when.**

- contract terms whose logic can be expressed in computer code

**Source quote.**

> Through blockchain technology, smart contracting often makes legal contracting unnecessary as smart contracts often emulate the logic of legal contract clauses.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Blockchain Applications and Fee Structure Developments in Private Investment Funds* (2017), IV. Blockchain Technology, page 12

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Applications and Fee Structure Developments in Private Investment Funds (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2959730

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**Topics.** smart-contracts, law-and-legal-systems, decentralization

**Keywords.** smart-contracts, legal-contracting, automation, disintermediation

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