Disruptive Technology, Legal Innovation, and the Future of Real Estate

Prof. Amnon Lehavi (Yale, J.S.D.) is the Atara Kaufman Professor of Real Estate at the Radzyner School of Law at the Interdisciplinary Centre in Herzliya (Israel), as well as IDC’s Academic Director of the Gazit-Globe Real Estate Institute. He is a leading authority on property, real estate, land use controls, international economic law and law as it pertains to globalization.Ronit Levine-Schnur is a Senior Lecturer at the Harry Radzyner Law School, and a Research Associate at the Gazit-Globe Real Estate Institute at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya (Israel). Dr. Levine-Schnur is a lawyer, an urban planner, and a property and land use law expert.

• Introduction.- Part I- Literature Survey.-1. A Database Exploring Blockchain and Real Estate.- Part II- Theoretical Aspects.- Chapter 2. From Blackstone to Blockchain: Theorizing Property Law in the Age of Cryptography.- Chapter 3. Prospects of Blockchain in Contract and Property.- Part III- Changing Landscapes of Property Rights.- Chapter 4. The Future of Property Rights: Digital Technology in the Real World.- Chapter 5. Social Innovation as a Disruptor of Tenure – Recognising Land Rights of Slum Dwellers in Odisha, India.- Part IV- Land Registration and Blockchain.- Chapter 6. Blockchain-based Land Registries: A Law-and-Economics Perspective.- Chapter 7. Land Registration in the 21st Century: Blockchain Land Registers from a Civil Law Perspective.- Part V- New Technological Applications.-Chapter 8. Selling LAND in Decentraland: The Regime of Non-Fungible Tokens on the Ethereum Blockchain under the Digital Content Directive.- Chapter 9. Application of a Systems Engineering Approach asa Preventative Measure Against Disruptions to Real Estate Institutions.