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   "text": "Because the smart contract removes centralized guarantors and self regulates, only limited legal recourse remains available when execution of the contract terms goes wrong.",
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   "text": "Smart contracts remove centralized guarantors and self-regulate, with the consequence that only limited legal recourse is available if execution of the contract terms goes wrong.",
   "abstract": "Most importantly, the smart contract removes centralized guarantors. The smart contract self-regulates. Only limited legal recourse is available if something goes wrong in the execution of the terms of the contract.",
   "citation": "Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization - A Primer on the New Economy (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3406323",
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   "text": "Parties may try to limit remedies to DAO assets through private agreements, but if the DAO faces a tort suit such an agreement is unlikely to be upheld.",
   "abstract": "Parties may be able to limit remedies to DAO assets through private agreements. But, if the DAO should face a tort suit such an agreement is unlikely to be upheld.",
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