Smart contract e diritto generale dei contratti

The essay addresses certain fundamental issues raised by the use of smart contracts from\r\nthe perspective of «general» contract law, with special regard to the self-executing nature of\r\nsmart contracts. In particular, the essay investigates the relationship between smart contracts\r\nand supervening circumstances, the remedial techniques that can operate in a self-executing\r\ncontext, the relationship between smart contracts and the choices (including imperative ones)\r\nof the legal system, as well as the related problems of the functioning, in this framework, of\r\nthe techniques of contract integration, which, as is known, play a significant role especially\r\nin civil law systems.