Blockchain and Private International Law / / edited by Andrea Bonomi, Matthias Lehmann, and Shaheeza Lalani.

• Superior document: International and Comparative Business Law and Public Policy Series ; Volume 4
• TeilnehmendeR: Bonomi, Andrea, 1964-; Lehmann, Matthias, 1972-; Lalani, Shaheeza,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Brill,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: International and comparative business law and public policy ; Volume 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (807 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.

"Blockchain is the first global mechanism for the transfer and storage of value. Despite being conceived as an alternative to state and law, the technology and its use cases raise many legal questions, most notably, regarding jurisdiction and applicable law with respect to transactions and assets recorded on the blockchain. The issue is complex given the decentralised nature of the network. In this volume, academics and practitioners from various countries try to provide detailed answers to these questions as they relate to stablecoins, crypto-assets, crypto derivatives, Central Bank Digital Currencies, and Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs), as well as specific transactions and issues, such as property rights and bankruptcy. With specific chapters on national approaches (Germany, Japan, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, United States), the volume explores the need and possibility for legal harmonisation of these issues through global fora, such as the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH)"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Introduction : the blockchain as a challenge to traditional private international law / Andrea Bonomi, Matthias Lehmann, and Shaheeza Lalani -- The role and prospects of private international law harmonisation in the area of DLT / Gérardine Goh Escolar -- Technical description of DLT for conflicts lawyers / Tetsuo Morishita -- Should crypto-Asset regulation be technology-neutral? / Bruno Mathis -- Is Bitcoin out of reach for private international law? / David Sindres -- Proprietary rights in digital assets and the conflict of laws / Christiane Wendehorst -- The good, the bad, and the ugly : the private international law, the crypto transactions and the pseudonyms / Anne-Grace Kleczewski --Taxonomy and characterisation of crypto assets in private international law / Felix Krysa -- Crytpto assets and decentralised ledgers : does Situs actually matter? / Amy Held -- The law applicable to crypto assets : what policy choices are ahead of us? / Burcu Yüksel Ripley and Florian Heindler -- The laws applicable to representations of off-chain asset / Emeric Prévost -- Crytptocurrencies and conflict of laws / Francesca C. Villata -- The laws applicable to Central Bank digital currencies / Caroline Kleiner -- The law applicable to stablecoins / Matthias Lehmann and Hannes Meyle -- The tort law applicable to the protection of crypto asset / Tobias Lutzi -- International insolvency law and cryptocurrencies / Giovanni Maria Nori and Matteo Girolametti -- The law governing secured transactions in digital assets / Matthias Haentjens and Matthias Lehmann -- Do smart contracts need new conflict-of-laws rules? / Mehdi el Harrak -- Blockchain-based negotiable instruments : with particular reference to bills of lading and investment securities / Koji Takahashi -- Conflict-of-laws and the use of distributed ledger technology in derivatives markets / Gregory Chartier -- Blockchain dispute resolution for decentralized autonomous organizations : the rise of decentralized autonomous justice / Florence Guillaume and Sven Riva -- Recognition and enforcement of the outcome of blockchain-based dispute resolution / Pietro Ortolani -- Conflict of laws and tokens in Swiss private international law / Pascal Favrod-Coune and Kévin Belet -- Blockchain and private international law - the perspective of the United States of America / Frank Emmert -- A German approach : Lex Supervisionis Registri and subordinate connecting factors / Felix M. Wilke -- DLT and PIL from the perspective of Liechtenstein / Francesco A. Schurr and Angelika Layr -- Blockchain and Japanese private international law / Tetsuo Morishita.