• DOI:10.1007/s10506-018-9223-3
Corpus ID: 3663005

On legal contracts, imperative and declarative smart contracts, and blockchain systems

@article{Governatori2018OnLC,
  title={On legal contracts, imperative and declarative smart contracts, and blockchain systems},
  author={G. Governatori and Florian Idelberger and Z. Milosevic and R{\'e}gis Riveret and G. Sartor and Xiwei Xu},
  journal={Artificial Intelligence and Law},
  year={2018},
  volume={26},
  pages={377-409}
}

• G. Governatori, Florian Idelberger, +3 authors Xiwei Xu
• Published 2018
• Computer Science
• Artificial Intelligence and Law

Abstract This paper provides an analysis of how concepts pertinent to legal contracts can influence certain aspects of their digital implementation through smart contracts, as inspired by recent developments in distributed ledger technology. We discuss how properties of imperative and declarative languages including the underlying architectures to support contract management and lifecycle apply to various aspects of legal contracts. We then address these properties in the context of several… Expand