![]() In these writings, Lessig explores issues with the then-nascent Internet, and posits that the absence of government regulation of the Internet does not mean the absence of any regulation. Origins of “code is law”: Lawrence Lessigĭrawing from his 1999 book Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, Lawrence Lessig is credited with coining the phrase “Code Is Law,” which is the title for his 2000 Harvard Magazine article1. ![]() This note explores some of the history behind the concept and applications of “code is law,” and implications for the continued role of traditional law as blockchain technology proliferates. Others use it to defend against claims that they have acted wrongly by using technically complex rules to “outsmart” others on a digital platform and obtain outcomes (and sometimes riches) that the large community of users, and developers did not believe could or would occur. Some use the term to suggest that code should replace law in many respects in these transactions. ![]() “Code is law” has become a catch phrase in this age of blockchain technology, where transactions of all sorts are being shifted onto blockchain platforms. ![]()
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