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• • Proposal -
    • Center for Decentralized Law
  
  
  • • • 1. • • • Problem
               
               
               • • Transacting is slow, insecure, uncertain and expensive.
                 • • 1. • • • Problems of payment, clearing, automation and interoperability are being addressed by the FinTech and open source communities, notably in blockchain implementations.
                          • • Legal compliance and optimization remain slow, uncertain and expensive.
                          • • Data privacy and security remain weak.
                          • • Centralization creates systemic risks.
                          • • Legal codification is slow and fragmented.
           • • • Solution
               
               
               • • Add open-source codified legal documents to blockchain automation platforms:
                 • • 1. • • • Codify legal documents and records using the "Cmacc" data model and the tools of open source;
                          • • Iterate a legal "object model" to describe persons, properties, places, transactions and relationships; and
                          • • Add a layer of user-managed access control.
                          • • Integrate with blockchain and other platforms, such as git, document management, document assembly and enterprise contract management systems.
           • • • Impact
               
               
               • • • 1. • • • Rapid legal codification.
                          • • Improved speed, transparency and certainty in business dealings.
                          • • Greater access to justice, rule of law and self-governance.
                          • • Greater transparency of institutions.
                          • • Improved outcomes for social objectives such as privacy, health, climate and decentralization.
           • • • Sauce
               
               
               • • • 1. • • • A simple record format that renders into documents and has the power of a "graph" object model with multiple prototype inheritance.
                          • • A large number of sample legal document solutions.
                          • • Fit with blockchain and OAuth-UMA security.
                          • • Fifteen years of efforts regarding source-based legal codification.
           • • • Status - Convergence of Blockchain, Legal and Access Security
               
               
               • • A number of currents are converging:
                 • • 1. • • • Bitcoin has spurred interest in P2P transacting platforms. Among many other efforts, the Linux Foundation's
                              • Hyperledger Project
                              brings together a large number of actors to agree on a common platform.
                          • • CommonAccord has a data model (Cmacc) that can extend P2P solutions to all legal relationships and be a bridge for integration with legacy systems such as Word (legal), ECM and ERM.
                          • • There is a strong tradition of legal codification via bar and trade groups, agencies and clinics, and now also legal "hackers".
                          • • Decentralized access control based on OAuth and related technologies is widely used and well-understood.
                 • The combination of Blockchain/Cmacc/Access is ripe for open-source iteration.
           • • • Plan
               
               
               • • There is currently no legal structure to hold the shared legal text, which we expect to evolve into a legal operating system. Nor are there national or trade-sector equivalents. Creating a structure, tentatively called the "
                   • Center for Decentralized Law
                   " is purpose of this proposal and an expected focus of the conference at MIT on May 23-24.
                 • • 1. • • • Conference - MIT - Digital Contracts, Identities & Blockchains
                            
                            
                            • • • 1. • • • Presentations and discussions with participants and stakeholders
                                       • • Collaboration leading up to the conference. Inclusion of experts, iteration of solutions.
                        • • • Proponents
                            
                            
                            • • • 1. • • • Founder: James Hazard
                                       • • Advisors: Thomas Hardjono, Marc Dangeard ....
                        • • • Staff
                            
                            
                            • TBD
                        • • • Budget
                            
                            
                            • TBD
           • • • Ask
               
               
               • Financial and structuring support for a
                 • Center for Decentralized Law