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National courts and national law cannot be excluded from smart contract disputes, because almost all legal systems grant contracting parties an emergency or exorbitant jurisdiction whenever a party can show it would otherwise have no forum in which to bring its action.

The jurisdiction of a national court and the application of national law to disputes arising from smart contracts cannot be excluded because almost all legal systems provide the parties to contracts with an emergency jurisdiction

Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) Building the Legal Infrastructure for the Digital Era (2025), 1. Introduction, p. 4
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Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) Building the Legal Infrastructure for the Digital Era (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5554218

• a party can prove it would otherwise be unable to bring its action
• jurisdiction typically anchored in nationality, registered office, or place of performance

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• contests kaal:claim:2992962-013 Proving personal jurisdiction over smart contracting parties by physical presence, domicile or place of busine...
• contests kaal:claim:2992962-021 Because courts cannot effectuate resolutions to disputes arising from blockchain based smart contracts, blockc...

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