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Toward a Less Incomplete Contract: Merging Smart Contracts and Esg Metrics Contracts

Tilburg Law Review
Volume 30 (2025): Issue 2
By: Fernanda de Araujo Meirelles Magalhães and  Bruno Vieira  
Open Access
|Nov 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tilr.419 | Journal eISSN: 2211-0046
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Language: English
Published on: Nov 28, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Smart contract,
ESG,
sustainability,
incomplete contracts,
oracles,
upgradeable smart contracts

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