kaal:claim:5554218-007

Because blockchain based contracts are immutable, they cannot be altered by judicial order, which creates enforceability problems whenever a dispute arises outside the scope of the code, such as defective performance or unforeseen circumstances.

Source quote, verbatim

The immutability of blockchain-based contracts means they cannot be altered by judicial order, creating enforceability challenges when disputes arise outside the code's scope, such as defective performance or unforeseen circumstances.

From

Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) Building the Legal Infrastructure for the Digital Era (2025), 2.1.3 Enforceability and External Intervention, p. 7
https://ssrn.com/abstract=5554218 · source PDF

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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

Holds when

disputes falling outside the coded parameters
post-deployment execution on an immutable ledger

Classification

failuresupport: arguedfailure: Immutability blocks judicial modificationfamily: smart-contract-rigiditysmart-contracts

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