# kaal:claim:3227967-022

**Claim.** Smart contract use scales with device connectivity: the more devices are connected to each other, the more smart contracts will be used to execute and enforce legal transactions, and they are already disrupting traditional legal assumptions, doctrines and concepts.

**Type.** predictive  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- growth of the Internet of Things

**Source quote.**

> The more devices are connected to each other, the more "smart contracts" will be used to execute and enforce "legal transactions." There is no doubt that smart contracts are already disrupting traditional legal assumptions, doctrines, and concepts.

**From.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, *Legal Education in a Digital Age Why 'Coding for Lawyers' Matters* (2018), VII. Smart Contracts, page 25

**Cite as.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Legal Education in a Digital Age Why 'Coding for Lawyers' Matters (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227967

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

**Keywords.** smart-contracts, internet-of-things, contract-law, legal-doctrine

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