Land Registration in the Twenty-First Century: Blockchain Land Registers from a Civil Law Perspective

Benjamin Verheye ()
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Benjamin Verheye: Institute for Property Law, KU Leuven

A chapter in Disruptive Technology, Legal Innovation, and the Future of Real Estate, 2020, pp 123-135 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Few things seem so opposite to each other as the highly innovative blockchain technology and the ancient land registration sector, in which one traditionally feels thrown back into the pre-digital era. However, for some believers this unlikely pair might be on its way to form one of the world’s new power couples. This contribution aims at analyzing blockchain technology in land registration matters from a material legal point of view. First, some blockchain land registration initiatives are discussed. Second, the possibilities of blockchain technology for land registration are evaluated on the basis of two variables: the lacunar or complete nature of a land register and its negative or positive nature. In doing so, Belgian, French and German law will be taken into account, offering a thorough civil law perspective on the matter.

Keywords: Land registration; Blockchain technology; Complete v. lacunar land registers; Negative v. positive land registers; Trusted third party (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-52387-9_7

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