Leg­al block­chain and web3

Course content

This course will look into blockchain as a new technology and how it interacts with the law, covering a number of specific blockchain solutions or projects and the legal issues they may face as to define what limitations are imposed by law.

The content will first look into blockchain in general, namely bitcoin and ethereum, before moving on to more specific and applied areas that raise particular legal issues such as smart contracts, distributed autonomous organisations, distributed finance or non-fungible tokens.

The course will adopt a EU perspective and will be "jurisdiction agnostic" where possible, although in some instances national rules will be relevant as well.

As for delivery the course will adopt a blended learning approach with some live classes but most content will be delivered in pre-recorded sessions. There will be a live session at the beginning of the semester and another at the end, plus two live exercise classes throughout.

The material covered in the exercise classes will be based on readings and questions set in advance and will be part of the examination.