Blockchain Regulation and Governance in Europe

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-108-46545-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 335 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Finck, Miche`le

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Finck, Miche`le
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).