Research
Research agenda and topic pages on private law, commercial law, bankruptcy, digital assets, stablecoins, UCC Article 12, and verified carbon credits, with links to related scholarship.
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Code is Not Law
The relationship between software code and legal validity, and why code acquires legal force only when positive law confers it.
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UCC Article 12 and Controllable Electronic Records
The first comprehensive American legal framework for commercial transactions in digital assets, by a key contributor to its drafting.
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Moneyness and What Makes an Instrument Money
A four-element legal framework for assessing moneyness across public money, bank deposits, payment claims, securities, and stablecoins.
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Stablecoins and Private Law
The private law framework governing stablecoins: their legal nature, property rights, and treatment in insolvency proceedings.
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Digital Assets and Property Law
The property status of digital assets under American law, their classification, and the rules governing their circulation.
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Digital Assets, DAOs, and Bankruptcy Law
The treatment of digital assets, their holders, and decentralized autonomous organizations under American bankruptcy law, from crypto platform insolvencies to debt tokens and the first DAO bankruptcy.
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Verified Carbon Credits and Private Law
The private law dimensions of verified carbon credits: their legal nature, use as collateral, and emerging international frameworks. Content forthcoming.