When Code Goes to Court: Smart Contracts and the Future of International Arbitration

S. Nediyara Salil
Nediyara Salil, Shiv

Article from: TDM 1 (2026), in Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies

Executive Summary

The Adaptive Normative Transnational Private Governance (ANTPG) framework integrates the fundamental aspects of Rough Consensus and Running Code with bottom-up lawmaking and global pluralism. The research examines how smart contracts operate within international arbitration systems using the ANTPG framework, which serves as a proposed digital dispute resolution system. The execution of smart contracts through blockchain code generates legal problems that surpass those of state-based systems, as it introduces novel challenges regarding contract formation, consent, ...

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Suggested Citation

S. Nediyara Salil; "When Code Goes to Court: Smart Contracts and the Future of International Arbitration"
TDM 1 (2026), www.transnational-dispute-management.com

URL: www.transnational-dispute-management.com/article.asp?key=3158