Skip to main content
Have a personal or library account? Click to login
Functional Equivalence: An Exploration Through Shortcomings to Solutions Cover

Functional Equivalence: An Exploration Through Shortcomings to Solutions

By:   
Open Access
|Mar 2020

References

  1. 1. Berarducci, Patrick. “Collaborative Approaches to Blockchain Regulation: The Brooklyn Project Example.” Cleveland State Law Review Vol. 67 (2019): 22-30 // https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4022&context=clevstlrev.
  2. 2. Davidson, Sinclair, Primavera De Filippi, and Jason Potts. “Economics of Blockchain” (March 8, 2016) // http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2744751.10.2139/ssrn.2744751
  3. 3. EBA. “Report with advice for the European Commission” (9 January 2019) // https://eba.europa.eu/documents/10180/2545547/EBA+Report+on+crypto+assets.pdf.
  4. 4. ESMA. “Initial Coin Offerings and Crypto-Assets.” Advice (9 January 2019) // https://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/library/esma50-157-1391_crypto_advice.pdf.
  5. 5. European Commission. “Online Platforms, and the Digital Single Market.” Communication, 25.5.2016 COM(2016) 288 final // https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/rep/1/2016/EN/1-2016-288-ENF1-1.PDF.
  6. 6. FATF. “Virtual Currencies Key Definitions and Potential AML/CFT Risks.” FATF Report (June 2014) // https://www.fatf-gafi.org/media/fatf/documents/reports/Virtual-currency-key-definitions-and-potential-aml-cft-risks.pdf.
  7. 7. Fenwick, Mark, Joseph McCahery, and Erik Vermeulen. “The End of ‘Corporate’ Governance: Hello ‘Platform’ Governance.” European Business Organization Law Review Vol. 20 (2019): 171-199 // https://doi.org/10.1007/s40804-019-00137-z.10.1007/s40804-019-00137-z
  8. 8. Finck, Michele. Blockchain Regulation and Governance in Europe. Cambridge University Press, 2019.10.1017/9781108609708
  9. 9. Furrer, Andreas, and Luka Müller. “‘Functional equivalence’ of digital legal transactions – A fundamental principle for assessing the legal validity of legal institutions and legal transactions under Swiss law.” Jusletter (18 June 2018): 1-20 // https://www.mme.ch/fileadmin/files/documents/MME_Compact/2018/180619_Funktionale_AEquivalenz.pdf.
  10. 10. Gudkov, Aleksei. “Control on Blockchain Network.” Nova Law Review Vol. 42 (2018): 353-374 // https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/novalr42&div=18&id=&page=.
  11. 11. Hacker, Philipp, Ioannis Lianos, Georgios Dimitropoulos, and Stefan Eich, eds. Regulating Blockchain Techno-Social and Legal Challenges. 1st edition. Oxford University Press, 2019.10.1093/oso/9780198842187.003.0001
  12. 12. Harvey, David John. Collisions in the Digital Paradigm: Law and Rule Making in the Internet Age. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.
  13. 13. Hildebrandt, Mireille, and Laura Tielemans. “Data protection by design and technology neutral law.” Computer Law & Security Review Vol. 29 (2013): 509-521 // https://www.academia.edu/20491832/Data_protection_by_design_and_technology_neutral_law.10.1016/j.clsr.2013.07.004
  14. 14. Klaris, Edward, and Alexia Bedat. “Copyright liability for linking and embedding: an E.U. versus U.S. comparison and guide” (March 12, 2018): 1-22 // https://klarislaw.com/wp-content/uploads/klarislaw-copyright-liability-for-linking-and-embedding.pdf.
  15. 15. Koopman, Christopher, Matthew Mitchell, and Adam Thierer. “The Sharing Economy and Consumer Protection Regulation: The Case for Policy Change.” Journal of Business Entrepreneurship and Law Vol. 8 (2015): 529-545 // https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1130&context=jbel.
  16. 16. Koops, Bert-Jaap. “Should ICT Regulation Be Technology-Neutral?”: 77-108. In: Bert-Jaap Koops, Miriam Lips, Corien Prins, and Maurice Schellekens, eds. Starting Points for Ict Regulation. Deconstructing Prevalent Policy One-Liners, It & Law Series, Vol. 9. The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2006 // https://ssrn.com/abstract=918746.10.1007/978-90-6704-665-7
  17. 17. Lessig, Lawrence. Code version 2.0. 2nd Revised Edition. Basic Books, 2006 // http://codev2.cc/.
  18. 18. Lielacher, Alex. “An Introduction to Cryptoeconomics.” BTCMANAGER (June 14, 2017) // https://btcmanager.com/an-introduction-to-cryptoeconomics/.
  19. 19. Maume, Philipp, and Mathias Fromberger. “Initial Coin Offerings: Are Tokens Securities under EU Law?” Blog, University of Oxford, Faculty of Law (September 7, 2018) // https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/business-law-blog/blog/2018/09/initial-coin-offerings-are-tokens-securities-under-eu-law.
  20. 20. Maume, Philipp, and Mathias Fromberger. “Regulation of Initial Coin Offerings: Reconciling US and EU Securities Laws.” Chicago Journal of International Law Vol. 19.2 (2019): 548-585 // http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3200037.10.2139/ssrn.3200037
  21. 21. Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor. Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age. Princeton University Press, 2009.
  22. 22. Metjahic, Laila. “Deconstructing the DAO: The Need for Legal Recognition and the Application of Securities Laws to Decentralized Organizations.” Cardozo Law Review Vol. 39 (2018): 1533-1567 // http://cardozolawreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/METJAHIC.39.4.pdf.
  23. 23. Mik, Eliza. “Smart Contracts: Terminology, Technical Limitations and Real World Complexity.” Law, Innovation and Technology Vol. 9.2 (2017): 269-300 // https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3038406.10.1080/17579961.2017.1378468
  24. 24. Murray, Andrew. The Regulation of Cyberspace. 1st edition. Routledge-Cavendish, 2006.
  25. 25. Nakamoto, Satoshi. “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” // https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf.
  26. 26. Oren, Ori. “ICO’s, DAO’S, and the SEC: A Partnership Solution.” Columbia Business Law Review (2018): 617-658 // https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/d8-vc3y-e307.
  27. 27. Papadaki, Evangelia. “Hyperlinking, making available and copyright infringement: lessons from European national courts.” European Journal of Law and Technology Vol. 8, No. 1 (2017) // http://ejlt.org/article/view/549/732.
  28. 28. Reed, Chris. Making Laws for Cyberspace. 1st edition. Oxford University Press, 2012.
  29. 29. Reed, Chris. “Online and Offline Equivalence: Aspiration and Achievement.” International Journal of Law and Information Technology Vol. 18, Issue 3 (2010): 248-273 // https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlit/eaq006.10.1093/ijlit/eaq006
  30. 30. Reed, Chris. “Taking Sides on Technology Neutrality.” SCRIPT-ed Volume 4, Issue 3 (September 2007) // DOI: 10.2966/scrip.040307.263.10.2966/scrip.040307.263
  31. 31. Reed, Eric. “Equity Tokens vs. Security Tokens: What’s the Difference?” Bitcoin Market Journal [online] (February 13, 2019) // https://www.bitcoinmarketjournal.com/equity-token/.
  32. 32. Rodrigues, Usha. “Law and the Blockchain.” Iowa Law Review Vol. 104 (2019): 679-729 // https://ilr.law.uiowa.edu/print/volume-104-issue-2/law-and-the-blockchain/.
  33. 33. Savin, Andrej. “Rule Making in the Digital Economy: Overcoming Functional Equivalence as a Regulatory Principle in the EU.” Journal of Internet Law Vol. 22, Issue 8 (2019) [Copenhagen Business School, CBS LAW Research Paper 19-10]: 1-31 // https://ssrn.com/abstract=3340886.
  34. 34. SEC. “SEC Issues Investigative Report Concluding DAO Tokens, a Digital Asset, Were Securities.” U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Press Release (July 25, 2017) // https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2017-131.
  35. 35. SEC. “SEC Orders Blockchain Company to Pay $24 Million Penalty for Unregistered ICO.” Press Release (September 30, 2019) // https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2019-202.
  36. 36. Sklaroff, Jeremy M. “Smart Contracts and the Cost of Inflexibility.” University of Pennsylvania Law Review Vol. 166 (2018): 263-303 // https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3008899.
  37. 37. Walden, Ian. “Press regulation in a converging environment”: 61-82. In: L. Gillies and D. Mangan, eds. Mapping the rule of law for the Internet. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017 // https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2717734.10.4337/9781785364518.00017
  38. 38. Zetzsche, Dirk A., Ross Buckley, and Douglas Arner. “The Distributed Liability of Distributed Ledgers: Legal Risks of Blockchain.” University of Illinois Law Review (2018): 1361-1407 // https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3018214.10.2139/ssrn.3018214
Language: English
Page range: 134 - 162
Submitted on: Dec 14, 2019
Accepted on: Jan 15, 2020
Published on: Mar 12, 2020
Published by: Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy and the Faculty of Law of Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2020 Anne Veerpalu, published by Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy and the Faculty of Law of Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.