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"Preface" [2019] ELECD 824; in Kraus, Daniel; Obrist, Thierry; Hari, Olivier (eds), "Blockchains, Smart Contracts, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations and the Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) ix

Book Title: Blockchains, Smart Contracts, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations and the Law

Editor(s): Kraus, Daniel; Obrist, Thierry; Hari, Olivier

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section Title: Preface

Number of pages: 1

Extract:

Preface
Blockchains may radically change the way socio-economic interactions take
place. Such interactions represent fantastic opportunities, but also challenges.
The present book constitutes an up-to-date overview of the legal aspects of
blockchains, smart contracts and decentralised autonomous organisations,
opening the path to what could be a legal framework for blockchain-supported
activities in the near future.
This book is aimed at all persons interested in innovation and wishing to
understand how the legal framework can encourage blockchain-based inno-
vation whilst addressing potential risks. This includes, in particular, lawyers
or entrepreneurs, as well as civil servants acting at the local or international
levels.
A special thanks is addressed to our fantastic team of research assistants at
the University of Neuchâtel, who made this project possible: Charlotte Boulay,
Savannah Grosclaude, Anne Honsberger and Delphine Yerly.
Daniel Kraus, Olivier Hari and Thierry Obrist
Neuchâtel, September 2018




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