Paper: Legal Acceptance of Blockchain Records (2017)

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/secure.notion-static.com/a0a79c84-93c0-4266-8218-b9b151c65861/Riviere_-_Blockchain__IP_-_JUMS.pdf


New legislations targeting blockchain technology

China, September 2018: Supreme Court rules that blockchain evidence is legally binding

“Internet courts shall recognize digital data that are submitted as evidence if relevant parties collected and stored these data via blockchain with digital signatures, reliable timestamps and hash value verification or via a digital deposition platform, and can prove the authenticity of such technology used.”

— Statement by the Supreme People's Court

最高人民法院关于互联网法院审理案件若干问题的规定 - 中华人民共和国最高人民法院

Additional favorable legislations

France


Civil Law §1358: Except in cases where the law provides otherwise, proof may be provided by any means.