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September 17, 2025Open Access

From Autonomy of Will to Program Code: Philosophical-Legal and Practical Foundations of Smart Contracts

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The study reveals a new conceptual vision of executable law in relation to smart contracts.
Key evidence includes the analysis of the semantic gap between legal language and programming language.
The approach includes examining smart contracts as hybrid sociotechnical phenomena.
Understanding smart contracts may enable better integration of law and technology in digital environments.

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This study examines the philosophical-legal foundations of smart contracts through the lens of transforming concepts of autonomy and determinism. The semantic gap between the natural language of law and the formal language of programming is investigated. The ontological status of smart contracts as hybrid sociotechnical phenomena is analyzed. A conceptual vision of "executable law" is proposed for understanding new forms of algorithmic normativity in the digital era.

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Тетяна Павлова

Oles Honchar Dnipro National University

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Oles Honchar Dnipro National University

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The Bulletin of Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University Series Philosophy philosophies of law political science sociology

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