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.

List of contents

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.

About the author

Michèle Finck is a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich as well as a lecturer in EU law at Keble College, University of Oxford. She holds law degrees from King's College London, the Sorbonne and the European University Institute, Florence, as well as a doctorate in law from the University of Oxford. Prior to joining the Max Planck Institute, Michéle worked as a fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is the author of Subnational Authorities in EU Law (2017) and an editor of The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of the Sharing Economy (Cambridge, forthcoming).

Summary

Michèle Finck examines the relationship between blockchain technology and EU law and introduces the theme of blockchain governance. This book will appeal to scholars, students, practitioners and policymakers interested in blockchain technology and to readers intrigued by the relationship between law and innovation more generally.

Product details

• Authors: Miche Le Finck, Miche Le (Max-Planck-Institut Fur Innovatio Finck, Miche le (Max-Planck-Institut fur Innovation und Wettbewerb Finck, Miche& Finck, Miche`le Finck, Miche¿le Finck, Michèle Finck, Michele (Max-Planck-Institut Fur Innovation Finck
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781108465458
• ISBN: 978-1-108-46545-8
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; Finance, LAW / General, E-commerce: business aspects, comparative law, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Banking law, Finance and the finance industry, E-commerce law