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

被引:126
作者
Governatori, Guido [1 ]
Idelberger, Florian [2 ]
Milosevic, Zoran [3 ]
Riveret, Regis [1 ]
Sartor, Giovanni [2 ]
Xu, Xiwei [4 ]
机构
[1] CSIRO, Data61, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
[2] European Univ Inst, Florence, Italy
[3] Deontik, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
[4] CSIRO, Data61, Sydney, NSW, Australia
关键词
Legal contracts; Smart contracts; Blockchain; LOGIC; WEB;
D O I
10.1007/s10506-018-9223-3
中图分类号
TP18 [人工智能理论];
学科分类号
081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;
摘要
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 blockchain architectures. While imperative languages are commonly used to implement smart contracts, we find that declarative languages provide more natural ways to deal with certain aspects of legal contracts and their automated management.
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页码:377 / 409
页数:33
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