The author examines the relationship between artificial intelligence —as well as the different technologies derived from it— and Law as we know it today. He explores the most recent legal dilemmas related to growing and increasingly advanced technology. The imminent challenge to various basic concepts and principles of law, as well as the future of lawyers’ role are urgent questions, which the author includes in this article.

The author examines the relationship between artificial intelligence —as well as the different technologies derived from it— and Law as we know it today. He explores the most recent legal dilemmas related to growing and increasingly advanced technology. The imminent challenge to various basic concepts and principles of law, as well as the future of lawyers’ role are urgent questions, which the author includes in this article.

La Blockchain ha irrumpido en años recientes como una tecnología que promete revolucionar la forma como llevan a cabo las transacciones a nivel global. En tal sentido, por medio del presente artículo el autor realiza una aproximación sobre lo que es la Blockchain, cómo esta es un medio que ha favorecido el auge de las criptomonedas —que no requieren de un banco intermediario para efectuar pagos a través de internet—, la aparición de los smart contracts que operan automáticamente para regular los negocios efectuados por medios virtuales, pasando por explicar en qué consiste la tokenización de activos —tangibles o intangibles— para su posterior comercialización empleando la Blockchain, así como reflexionando sobre la incorporación de estas innovaciones en el ordenamiento jurídico nacional.

El autor examina la relación de la inteligencia artificial —así como las diferentes tecnologías derivadas de ésta— con el Derecho como lo conocemos hoy. Explora los recientes dilemas surgidos en el Derecho con relación a una tecnología creciente y cada vez más avanzada. El desafío inminente a diversos conceptos y principios básicos del Derecho, así como el futuro del rol del abogado, son interrogantes urgentes que el autor visita en el presente artículo.

The author examines the relationship between artificial intelligence —as well as the different technologies derived from it— and Law as we know it today. He explores the most recent legal dilemmas related to growing and increasingly advanced technology. The imminent challenge to various basic concepts and principles of law, as well as the future of lawyers’ role are urgent questions, which the author includes in this article.

In a world where technology is advancing at an accelerated pace and businesses are beginning to implement it, we jurists must ask ourselves how this impacts Commercial Law and if it is necessary to create laws that promote or restrict its use. Also, it is questionable whether these new technologies will impact the societal structures that we currently know.

The Blockchain has emerged in recent years as a technology that promises to revolutionize the way transactions are carried out globally, in this sense, through this article the author provides an approach about what the Blockchain is, how it is a means that has facilitated the rise of cryptocurrencies —which do not require an intermediary bank to make payments over the internet—, the advent of smart contracts that operate automatically to regulate business carried out through virtual means, going through explaining what is the tokenization of assets —tangible or intangible— for their subsequent commercialization using the Blockchain, as well as reflecting on the incorporation of these innovations into the national legal system.

In a world where technology is advancing at an accelerated pace and businesses are beginning to implement it, we jurists must ask ourselves how this impacts Commercial Law and if it is necessary to create laws that promote or restrict its use. Also, it is questionable whether these new technologies will impact the societal structures that we currently know.

The Blockchain has emerged in recent years as a technology that promises to revolutionize the way transactions are carried out globally, in this sense, through this article the author provides an approach about what the Blockchain is, how it is a means that has facilitated the rise of cryptocurrencies —which do not require an intermediary bank to make payments over the internet—, the advent of smart contracts that operate automatically to regulate business carried out through virtual means, going through explaining what is the tokenization of assets —tangible or intangible— for their subsequent commercialization using the Blockchain, as well as reflecting on the incorporation of these innovations into the national legal system.

In a world where technology is advancing at an accelerated pace and businesses are beginning to implement it, we jurists must ask ourselves how this impacts Commercial Law and if it is necessary to create laws that promote or restrict its use. Also, it is questionable whether these new technologies will impact the societal structures that we currently know.