TY - BOOK AU - Allen,Jason Grant AU - Hunn,Peter TI - Smart legal contracts: computable law in theory and practice T2 - Oxford scholarship online SN - 9780191949272 AV - K845.E44 U1 - 346.0220285 23 PY - 2022/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Smart contracts KW - Contracts KW - Data processing KW - Law KW - ukslc KW - Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law KW - thema N1 - This edition also issued in print: 2022; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - Here is a landmark investigation into one of the most important trends at the interface of law and technology - the effort to harness emerging digital technologies to change the way that parties form and perform contracts. While developments in distributed ledger technology have brought the topic of 'smart contracts' into the mainstream of legal attention, this volume takes a broader approach to ask how computers can be used in the contracting process. This book assesses how contractual promises are expressed in software and how code-based artefacts can be incorporated within more conventional legal structures UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192858467.001.0001 ER -