Blockchain, Law and Governance

Benedetta Cappiello is lecturer in Investment Law, Dispute Resolutions and Sustainable Developments at the Department of Italian and Supranational Public Law of the University of Milan. Gherardo Carullo is senior lecturer in Administrative Law at the Department of Italian and Supranational Public Law of the University of Milan.

Introduction: The Challenges and Opportunities of Blockchain Technologies.- Part I: Understanding Blockchain: the Legal Perspective.- Blockchain Based Organizations and the Governance of On-Chain and Off-Chain Rules: Towards Autonomous (Legal) Orders?.- The Role of Blockchain in the Public Sector: An Overview.- Some Historical and Philosophical Remarks on the Rule of Law in the Time of Automation.- Solving Cryptographic Puzzles: How to Mine?.- Part II: Governance and Regulatory Issues.- Cyberspace, Blockchain, Governance: How Technology Implies Normative Power and Regulation.- Blockchain: The Regulatory Challenges for Central Banks and Financial Sector.- Blockchain-Based Financial Investments and the Role of Regulatory Authorities: The Italian Perspective.- Are VAT Rules Really Inadequate for Distributed Ledger Technology's Transactions?.- Blockchain and Comparative Law.- Part III: Smart Contracts and Dispute Resolution.- Smart (Legal) Contracts, or: Which (Contract) Law for Smart Contracts?.- Smart (Legal) Contracts: Forum and Applicable Law Issues.- Integrating Smart Contracts with the Legacy Legal System: A US Perspective.- About Smart Contract Dispute Resolution.- Smart Contracts, ODR and the New Landscape of the Dispute Resolution Market.- Blockchain, Smart Contracts and New Certainties: What Future for Notaries?.- Part IV: The "Sustainable" Applications of Blockchain.- Introduction to Distributed Ledger Technologies for Social, Development, and Humanitarian Impact.- Blockchain, Earth Observation and Intelligent Data Systems: Implications and Opportunities for the Next Generation of Digital Services.- Justice for All: Jur's Open Layer as a Case Study, Towards a More Open and Sustainable Approach.- Blockchain and the GDPR: New Challenges for Privacy and Security.- Part V: Conclusions.- Blockchain, Law and Governance: General Conclusion.