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Blockchains and Smart Contracts: A Threat for the Legal Industry?

In: Business Transformation through Blockchain

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  • Bernhard Waltl

    (Technical University of Munich)

  • Christian Sillaber

    (University of Innsbruck)

  • Ulrich Gallersdörfer

    (Technical University of Munich)

  • Florian Matthes

    (Technical University of Munich)

Abstract

Blockchain, as a distributed data structure ensuring trust and establishing consensus among participants that do not know and potentially do not trust each other, is expected to change businesses in many different areas. One of these areas is the legal industry. How blockchain can potentially disrupt the legal industry is in the focus of this chapter. We differentiate three pillars of legal systems, namely (i) intermediaries and notary services; (ii) courts, judges, and trials; and (iii) companies and the financial market. We explore potential disruptions for each of them. We describe multiple scenarios which allow us to elaborate on the capabilities but also the limitations of blockchain technology.

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  • Bernhard Waltl & Christian Sillaber & Ulrich Gallersdörfer & Florian Matthes, 2019. "Blockchains and Smart Contracts: A Threat for the Legal Industry?," Springer Books, in: Horst Treiblmaier & Roman Beck (ed.), Business Transformation through Blockchain, chapter 11, pages 287-315, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-99058-3_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-99058-3_11
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