【Source】OXFORD JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES
【Abstract】There has been burgeoning interest among legal scholars in recent years regarding the implications of blockchain technology for the law. Two thoughtful monographs that go beyond the hyped claims of enthusiasts and cynics are Primavera De Filippi and Aaron Wright's Blockchain and the Law: The Rule of Code and Kevin Werbach's Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust. While the two books have different focal points, both contain a common Laurence-Lessig-inspired theme of 'code as law' in which decentralised blockchain networks are viewed as a regulatory 'modality' or 'architecture' with its own system of rules. However, as this article argues, blockchain is not outside the law or the existing legal system. Code necessarily interacts with other modes of regulation, namely the market, social norms and law, in constraining the operation of blockchain applications such as smart contracts. This argument also situates smart contracts in a relational analysis of real-world contracting practices.
【Keywords】smart contracts; blockchain and the law; relational contract theory
【摘要】近年来，法律学者对区块链技术对法律的影响的兴趣日益浓厚。 Primavera De Filippi 和 Aaron Wright 的 Blockchain and the Law: The Rule of Code 和 Kevin Werbach 的 Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust 两本深思熟虑的专着超越了狂热者和愤世嫉俗者的宣传。虽然这两本书有不同的重点，但都包含一个共同的受 Laurence-Lessig 启发的“代码即法律”主题，其中去中心化的区块链网络被视为具有自己规则体系的监管“模式”或“架构”。然而，正如本文所说，区块链并不在法律或现有法律体系之外。代码必然与其他监管模式相互作用，即市场、社会规范和法律，以约束智能合约等区块链应用程序的运行。这一论点还将智能合约置于对现实世界合同实践的关系分析中。
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