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Chen Lei, Jia Wang
European Review of Private Law
Volume 26, Issue 6 (2018) pp. 921 – 942
https://doi.org/10.54648/erpl2018062
Abstract
Abstract: This article explores whether the legal landscape will be fundamentally changed in view of the emergence of smart contracts in China. Beyond the phenomenon of bitcoin supported by blockchain technology, we examine the development of smart contracts on blockchain with a close scrutiny of their merits and limits, and the intrinsic legal uncertainties in their application. The main argument is that while the gaps between the regulatory framework and the business practice can be identified, for most parts, the current legal framework can accommodate or mitigate the legal risks brought about by smart contracts.
Résumé: Cet article pose la question si le paysage juridique sera fondamentalement changé par l’émergence des contrats intelligents en Chine. À part du phénomène du Bitcoin qui s’appuie sur la technologie Blockchain, nous examinons le développement des contrats intelligents en Blockchain avec une étude approfondie de leurs mérites et limites ainsi que les incertitudes légales qui sont intrinsèques à leur application. L’argument principal est que, bien qu’on puisse identifier des différences entre le cadre réglementaire et la pratique d’affaires, le cadre juridique contemporain peut, pour la plupart, accommoder ou mitiger les risques légaux causés par les contrats intelligents.
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With the advent of the Corona virus/COVID-19, airline traffic has dropped off so much because of lack of passenger/shipper demand, and/or governmental sanitation rules, that airlines may wish to use less than 80% of their allocated slots, but then risk a loss of slots. It is a catch 22 situation: either you fly a (near) empty aircraft and keep your slot for better, post COVID times (so-called ghost flights), or you go under 80% and you lose your grandfathered slot right. Governments, other authorities and not in the least the EU, have stepped in to relax the 80/20 rule, at least temporarily. The article is divided into four parts: introduction; air transport under the Corona virus; slot allocation under Corona; slot allocation post Corona.