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2026/2027  BA-BJURV2150U  Legal blockchain and web3

English Title
Legal blockchain and web3

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Elective
Level Bachelor
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course Autumn
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Max. participants 60
Study board
Study Board for Professions
Programme BSc in Business Administration and Commercial Law
Course coordinator
  • Pedro Telles - Department of Business Humanities and Law (BHL)
Main academic disciplines
  • Business Law
  • Innovation
Teaching methods
  • Face-to-face teaching
Last updated on 23-01-2026

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Learning objectives
  • Developing a deep business knowledge regarding blockchain-based projects and businesses in a broad context shaped by diverse legal constraints.
  • Understanding how the law can shape and limit how blockchain-based projects and businesses can be developed.
  • Applying critical thinking skills to the ethical and/or practical dilemmas posed by regulation.
  • Developing strategic solutions for some of the most common legal challenges faced by blockchain-based projects and businesses, extracting value from global connections for a local context.
Examination
Legal Blockchain and Web3:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Home assignment - written product
Individual or group exam Individual exam
Size of written product Max. 5 pages
Assignment type Written assignment
Release of assignment The Assignment is released in Digital Exam (DE) at exam start
Duration 48 hours to prepare
Grading scale 7-point grading scale
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Winter
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
In case the number of re-sits is too low it may be decided to instead do an oral exam as the resit exam.
Description of the exam procedure

Students will be assessed by a take home exercise at the end of the course where they will have to analyse the legal and strategic implications for a specific blockchain-based project or business in accordance with a framework griven in advance. 
Course content, structure and pedagogical approach

This course will look into how law shapes and constrains blockchain-based projects and businesses, covering a number of specific blockchain solutions or projects and the legal issues they may face as to define what limitations are imposed by law.

 

The content will be divided into three main blocks covering different sectors of the blockchain ecosystem. The first one will look into blockchain in general, namely Bitcoin, Ethereum and enterprise blockchains before moving on to more applied areas that raise particular legal issues. This year it is possible the second and third blocks will be mostly connected with EU financial rules and how they shape the behaviour of businesses operating in this space. 

 

The course will adopt a EU perspective and will be "jurisdiction agnostic" where possible, although in some instances national rules will be relevant as well. In comparison with previous years, the course will have now have a higher legal content, allowing for a deeper dive in the areas covered. 
Research-based teaching
CBS’ programmes and teaching are research-based. The following types of research-based knowledge and research-like activities are included in this course:
Research-based knowledge
  • Classic and basic theory
  • Teacher’s own research
Research-like activities
  • Analysis
  • Discussion, critical reflection, modelling
Description of the teaching methods
As for delivery the course will run fully in person, and divided into three main blocks of three sessions each, organised around a central theme. For each block there will be two mixed lecture-workshop classes followed by a scenario/case study class. For example, for the first block the overarching theme will be public and enterprise blockchains, allowing for an exploration of the legal issues surrouding topics such as smart contrats, distributed autonomous organisations, governance or data protection. For the scenario/case study session students will be applying the knowledge learned in the prior sessions to a project or business connected with the central topic of the block. Students will work in groups and report on their findings to the main class in every session of the course.

The final live session of the course is reserved for revision and exam preparation. During the exam period neither the pre-recorded content nor the slides used for their preparation will be made available.
Feedback during the teaching period
Feedback during the semester will be provided via the groupwork findings in each session. At the end of each discussion, those findings are to be fed back into the main class for commenting and further discussion if appropriate.
Student workload
Classes 33 hours
Class preparation 75 hours
Exam preparation 50 hours
Exam 48 hours
Expected literature

As for literature we will use a variety of academic sources (all available in our online library) in addition to non-academic reports and pieces which will be linked on Canvas.
Last updated on 23-01-2026