The Cambridge Handbook of Smart Contracts, Blockchain Technology and Digital Platforms

Larry A. DiMatteo is Huber Hurst Professor of Contract Law at the University of Florida. He is the former Editor-in-Chief of the American Business Law Journal, a 2012 Fulbright Professor at the University of Sofia, and author or co-author of 120 publications, including twelve books. Michel Cannarsa is Associate Professor and Dean at Université Catholique de Lyon Faculty of Law. His areas of research are International and European Law, Commercial Law, Comparative Law, Consumer Law, Law of Obligations and Legal Translation. Cristina Poncibò is Associate Professor of Comparative Private Law at the Department of Law of the Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy. Her research interests are in the fields of comparative law, interdisciplinary approaches to comparative law, comparative contract law, private law and market regulation.

• Preface; Part I. General Framework: Legal and Technical: 1. Smart contracts and contract law Larry A. DiMatteo, Michel Cannarsa and Cristina Poncibò; 2. Legal meaning of smart contracts Riccardo De Caria; 3. Technology of smart contracts Valentina Gatteschi, Fabrizio Lamberti and Claudio Demartini; Part II. Contract Law and Smart Contracts: 4. Contract formation Mateja Durovic and André Janssen; 5. Challenges of smart contracts: implementing excuses Eric Tjong Tjin Tai; 6. Contract interpretation Michel Cannarsa; 7. Smart contracts and contractual remedies Larry A. DiMatteo and Cristina Poncibò; Part III. Electronic Platforms and Networks: 8. Digital platforms: regulation and liability in EU law Piotr Tereszkiewicz; 9. Blockchains: a technology for decentralized marketplaces Eliza Mik; 10. Regulating smart contracts and online platforms: a Chinese perspective Jia Wang and Lei Chen; Part IV. Privacy, Security, and Data Protection: 11. Blockchain and data protection Lokke Moerel; 12. Data protection law in hybrid worlds Sjef van Erp; 13. Smart contracts: issues of property and security rights Louis-Daniel Muka Tshibende; 14. Algorithmic contracts and consumer privacy Lauren Henry Scholz; Part V. Smart Contracts: Courts and the Legal Profession: 15. Smart contracts and the courts Marc Clément; 16. Usefulness and dangers of smart contracts in consumer transactions Oscar Borgogno; Part VI. Future of Smart Contracts, Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence: 17. Transactional technologies, legal disruption, and the case of network contracts Roger Brownsword; 18. Observations on the impact of technology on contract law Barbara Pasa and Larry A. DiMatteo; 19. Visions of smart contracts Diana Wallis.

'This is a fascinating book with surprises for the reader in each chapter.' J. Brzezinski, Choice