This volume is part of the book series: Perspectives in Law, Business and Innovation. The aim of this series is to provide a forum for the publication of cutting-edge research in the fields of innovation and the law from a global perspective. The series aims to cut across the traditional sub-disciplines of legal studies, but is tied together by a focus on deepening our understanding of the various responses to technological, economic and social change. This volume constitutes the result of a joint cooperative effort drawing on the extensive global network of three academic institutions: The Institute of European and American Studies, part of the Academia Sinica (Taipei, Taiwan), the Graduate School of Law, part of Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan) and the School of Accounting and Finance, Business Law, part of the University of Vaasa (Vaasa, Finland). Contributors to this book—including business, management, software engineering, design and legal scholars and practitioners from Europe, East Asia and the Americas—attempt to provide some of the latest thinking and assessment of current challenges and opportunities with regard to Smart Contracts, Blockchain and Legal Tech and Design. The main target audience of the book comprises two different groups. The first group belongs to the legal community—particularly, legal scholars, law students and practitioners—in the field of technology or contract law who are interested in an up-to-date legal analysis of current trends. The second group are experts in the fields of Cloud Computing, Smart Contracts and Blockchain—including, service and infrastructure providers, IT managers, chief executive officers (CEOs), chief information officers (CIOs), designers and software developers—who are interested in, and influenced by, some of the shortcomings and benefits of the current legal issues under scrutiny in this work.