简介：Smartcontractsareagreementswhoseexecutionisautomatedbycomputercodesthattranslatelegalproseintoanexecutableprogram.Theyaredesignedtoensuretheperformanceofagreementsautomatically,withouthumaninvolvement.Smartcontractshavereceivedtremendousattentionlatelyasitcouldbringabouttheenormousimpacttomanyindustriesthatwillrevolutionizebusinessandredefineeconomics;smartcontractsalsohavecreatedthefearthattheywouldoverturnthelegalindustryanddisplacemillionsoflegaljobs.Therefore,itiscriticaltofirstidentifytheroleofsmartcontractsinthecurrentlegalsystemandexploremechanismsforsmartcontractstobetterservethelegalresearch,legalpractice,andlegalprofessionals,nottodisplacethelegalindustrythoroughly.Inthisarticle,theauthorproposesthatsmartcontractsassumeaninstrumentalroleaimedatservingthecurrentcontractlawsystem,insteadoftryingtobecomeanalternativetothatsystem.Embeddingsmartcontractswithinthecurrentcontractlawsystem,whichtheyfunctionasatool,representsasituationwithconsiderablemorepotentialforsuccess.Thesuccesswouldderivefromsmartcontracts’valueofincreasedefficiency.Withsuchvalue,theauthorfurtherproposesthreeguidelinesforenhancedinstrumentalfunctionalitywithintheexistingcontractlawsystemfromthreeperspectives,includingspecificationofareasofapplication,technologicalimprovement,andlegalsupport.

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简介：Intheefforttodevelopacomprehensiveapproachtobetterandgoodjobs,itisatopicofhotdebateastowhethertheintroduction(temporarilyoronapermanentbasis)ofstatutorylegislation―differentfromthegenerallawapplyingtosubordinateworkers―mayencourageemployersandemployeestooperatewithintheformaleconomyandinthecontextofregularcontractsofemployment.Theessayanalyzesfromacomparativepointofviewnotthetraditionalformsofnon-standardemployment,butthosespecialworkingarrangements,thatmayinvolveveryshorthours(“marginal”parttime:generally,fewerthan15hoursperweek)ornopredictablefixedhours,andthoseaccordingtowhichtheemployerhasnoobligationtoprovideasetnumberofhoursofwork.Theconclusionisthatextremelyatypicalformsofworkappeartogiveananswertothechallengesofthemarketlaboroftheurbaneconomiesofthe21stcentury,butthatspeciallegalprovisionsareneededtoguaranteeindividualrighttofairwagesandtoprotectpersonallifeofemployees.

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