Primavera De Filippi is a permanent researcher at the CERSA/CNRS/Université Paris II and a faculty associate at the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School. Aaron Wright is Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Blockchain Project at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University.
An important new book…[It] attempts to do for blockchain what the
likes of Lawrence Lessig and Tim Wu did for the Internet and
cyberspace—explain how a new technology will upend the current
legal and social order…A fine, deeply-researched book that can be
expected to show up on law school syllabi for years to
come…Blockchain and the Law is not just a theoretical guide. It’s
also a moral one.
*Fortune*
Blockchain and the Law perfectly links technical understanding with
practical and legal implications. Blockchains will matter
crucially; this book, beautifully and clearly written for a wide
audience, powerfully demonstrates how.
*Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law School*
Useful to an educated readership…If you…don’t ‘get’ crypto, this is
the book-length treatment for you. It sees merit and potential in
crypto, without buying into any particular claim just for the sake
of hype.
*Marginal Revolution*
De Filippi and Wright stress that because blockchain is essentially
autonomous, it is inflexible, which leaves it vulnerable, once it
has been set in motion, to the sort of unforeseen consequences that
laws and regulations are best able to address.
*New York Times Book Review*
De Filippi and Wright offer neither a jeremiad nor a gospel; unlike
the breathlessness that pervades much writing on blockchain
technology, they stick to sensibleness and sobriety.
*America*
Explores the implications of the technology in its broadest sense,
positioning it in context of the evolution of the internet, and the
development of artificial intelligence and autonomous systems which
are continually touching more areas of our daily lives…A
fascinating and comprehensive read that poses many questions we
should debate and settle before blockchain technology becomes
ubiquitous.
*Breaker*
At long last—a deeply researched, thoughtful, and measured analysis
of blockchain technology and the policies that could help us
harvest its opportunities and avoid its pitfalls. Blockchain and
the Law should be required reading for anyone serious about
understanding this major emerging element of our technological
ecosystem.
*Yochai Benkler, author of The Wealth of Networks*
A well-written and comprehensive book that cuts through the
blockchain hype. It not only highlights the powers and limitations
of blockchain technology, but solidly grounds it in a larger social
and legal context.
*Bruce Schneier, author of Data and Goliath*
If you are looking to understand the intricacies of the
relationship between the law and blockchain technology, then this
book should be on your list…[It] makes it clear that regulators
must redefine their approach because restrictive regulations will
stifle the growth of the industry.
*BTCManager*
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