Smart contracts in the context of digitalization: the legal realities of world experience

Palabras clave: contratos inteligentes, digitalización, tecnologías digitales, blockchain, activos digitales

Resumen

El desarrollo de las tecnologías digitales está obligando a los abogados a analizar fenómenos que recientemente se han visto fantásticos. Esto significa que un fenómeno como los contratos inteligentes ha dejado de ser una idea teórica de mejorar las transacciones monetarias de productos básicos y ahora necesita una justificación legal. En este artículo, hemos analizado los contratos inteligentes en términos de su pertenencia a las tecnologías digitales y al campo legal, es decir, cómo se pueden equiparar a los acuerdos legales, si son sus análogos, qué aplicación puede encontrar dada la legislación en el campo del derecho civil (contractual). El propósito de nuestro estudio fue establecer un vínculo entre los contactos inteligentes y su regulación legal, con la característica de perspectivas de implementación de contratos inteligentes. La metodología utilizada son métodos sistémicos y formal-legales, así como métodos de análisis y síntesis. Los resultados encontrados destacan que un contrato inteligente es un código de computadora que se ingresa en una red blockchain para ejecutar una transacción, cuya expresión habitual es un acuerdo entre las partes. Desde un punto de vista legal, los contratos inteligentes son solo una parte de los acuerdos ordinarios (contratos) bajo la práctica del derecho internacional y nacional.

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Biografía del autor/a

Olga Klepikova, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Doctor of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor of Department of Economic Law and Procedure of Institute of Law, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine.

Oleksandr Harahonych, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Doctor of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Economic Law and Economic Process, Institute of Law, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Iryna Antoshyna, National University «Odesa Law Academy»

Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of General Theoretical Jurisprudence of  National University «Odesa Law Academy», Ukraine.

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2021-10-10
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Klepikova, O., Harahonych, O., & Antoshyna, I. (2021). Smart contracts in the context of digitalization: the legal realities of world experience. Cuestiones Políticas, 39(70), 844-861. https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.3970.51
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