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

Bernhard Waltl (), Christian Sillaber (), Ulrich Gallersdörfer () and Florian Matthes ()
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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

Chapter 11 in Business Transformation through Blockchain, 2019, pp 287-315 from Springer

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-99058-3_11

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