1st Edition

Blockchain Technology and the Law Opportunities and Risks

By Muharem Kianieff Copyright 2019
226 Pages
by Informa Law from Routledge

226 Pages
by Informa Law from Routledge

226 Pages
by Informa Law from Routledge

Blockchain Technology and the Law: Opportunities and Risks is one of the first texts to offer a critical analysis of Blockchain and the legal and economic challenges faced by this new technology. This book will offer those who are unfamiliar with Blockchain an introduction as to how the technology works and will demonstrate how a legal framework that governs it can be used to ensure that it can... Read more


Acknowledgements



CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION



CHAPTER 2 OVERVIEW OF BLOCKCHAIN AND THE TRUST PROBLEM



CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCTION TO BLOCKCHAIN-BASED TRANSACTIONS AND SMART CONTRACTS



CHAPTER 4 BLOCKCHAIN AND CONSUMER PAYMENT MECHANISMS



CHAPTER 5 BLOCKCHAIN GOVERNANCE AND ERROR CORRECTION ISSUES



CHAPTER 6 BLOCKCHAINS, INITIAL COIN OFFERINGS AND THE CHALLENGES FACING SECURITIES REGULATORS IN NORTH AMERICA



CHAPTER 7 THE PRIVACY LAW IMPLICATIONS OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY



CHAPTER 8 WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR BLOCKCHAIN?



Index





Biography

Dr Muharem Kianieff is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Windsor, Canada. Professor Kianieff works in the area of banking law and payment mechanisms. He specialises in Blockchain, financial technologies, payment mechanisms, consumer protection, financial reform and privacy.