Blockchain Regulation and Governance in Europe

Finck examines the emergence of blockchains (and other forms of distributed ledger technologies) and the implications for regulation and governance.

Miche?le Finck (Author)

9781108474757, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 20 December 2018

222 pages
23.5 x 15.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.43 kg

'The arguments, extensive research and lucid prose are underpinned by scholarly rigor. The contributions do not (and rightly so) provide prescriptions to the 'lifeworld universality of the phenomenon of power'.' Joseph Savirimuthu, International Journal of Law and Information Technology

In Blockchain Regulation and Governance in Europe, Michèle Finck examines the relationship between blockchain technology and EU law and introduces the theme of blockchain governance. The book provides a general introduction to blockchains as both a regulatable and a regulatory technology and outlines the interaction between distributed ledger technology and specific areas of EU law, such as the General Data Protection Regulation. It should be read by anyone interested in EU law, the relationship between law, innovation and technology, and technology governance.

1. Blockchain technology
2. Blockchains as a regulatable technology
3. Blockchain as a regulatory technology
4. Blockchains and the general data protection regulation
5. Blockchains and the idle data economy
6. Blockchains, law, and technological innovation
7. Blockchain governance
8. Conclusion.

Subject Areas: Ethical & social aspects of IT [UBJ], Banking law [LNPB], E-commerce law [LNCB2], Comparative law [LAM], E-commerce: business aspects [KJE], Finance [KFF]