Course Details
Country:
Netherlands
Institution:
Free University of Amsterdam
Course Title:
Blockchain and Other Disruptive Business-tech Challenges to the Law
Course Number:
R_IBIT
Course Description:
New technologies, such as, inter alia, blockchain, the sharing economy and fintech challenge the existing order, by posing new questions concerning responsibility, liability, complaince with existing rules, governance, and ultimately a state’s power to regulate and enforce within its own territory. Technologies challenge us to re-consider: why do we have regulation covering these respective areas in the first place. What do we want to achieve? Is that still relevant? If so, is there any way in which we still can strive to these goals? For example, blockchain technology underlies phenomena like cryptocurrencies and smart contracts, effectively undermining the need for trusted third parties like banks, public notaries, etc. As things are today, what do we need trusted third parties for? Is the regulation that empowers them still relevant and necessary? How can we protect consumers, how can we guarantee financial stability? The course is not just about the challenges that
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
INTS 399
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