Blockchains, smart contracts, decentralized autonomous organisations and the law. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Daniel Kraus, Thierry Obrist, Olivier Hari.
• Editors: Kraus, Daniel, 1967-; Obrist, Thierry; Hari, Olivier
• Contents: Foreword / Daniel Kraus, Olivier Hari and Thierry Obrist -- Introduction / Daniel Kraus -- 1. Blockchains -- perspectives and challenges / Vincent Mignon -- 2. Cutting out the middleman: a case study of blockchain-technology induced reconfigurations in the Swiss financial services industry / Pascal Witzig and Victoriya Salomon -- 3. Aspects of private international law related to blockchain transactions / Florence Guillaume -- 4. When disruptive meets streamline: international standardization in blockchain / Panagiotis Delimatsis -- 5. How smart can a contract be? / Blaise Carron and Valentin Botteron -- 6. Aspects of Swiss financial regulation / Biba Homsy -- 7. The protection of cryptocurrencies' owner: selected aspects of Swiss financial market and bankruptcy law in relation to the treatment of cryptocurrencies in bankruptcy proceedings, in particular bitcoin / Olivier Hari -- 8. Blockchains, smart contracts, decentralised autonomous organisations and the law: perspectives of a distributed future: aspects of criminal law / Nadja Capus and Maëlle Le Boudec -- 9. Blockchains: aspects of intellectual property law / Daniel Kraus and Charlotte Boulay -- 10. Blockchain and data protection / Adrien Alberini and Vincent Pfammatter -- 11. Tax treatment of cryptocurrency holders and miners in the era of virtual currencies from a multijurisdictional and Swiss perspective / Thierry Obrist and Roland A. Pfister -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 365 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 343.09/99; Blockchains (Databases) -- Law and legislation; Data encryption (Computer science) -- Law and legislation; Electronic funds transfers -- Law and legislation; Cryptocurrencies -- Law and legislation; LAW / Military; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781788115131; 1788115139
• Related ISBNs: 9781788115124; 1788115120
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 29, 2019)
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.