The Mexican government has been exploring the use of smart contracts but has not published any smart contract legislation. Therefore it remains unclear which party would bear the final responsibility/liability in case something went wrong

Current government smart contract initiatives (source)

• The Digital Government Unit from the Ministry of Public Administration is responsible for promoting strategies and models of innovation in government management
  • In collaboration with the Coordination of the National Digital Strategy, the Digital Government Unit is working on the creation of a Public Blockchain with the main goal of generating use cases of this technology in digital services
  • Blockchain HACKMX is an initiative of the National Digital Strategy and the Ministry of Public Administration, in collaboration with Campus Talent Mexico
    • The main goal of Blockchain Hackmx is to generate case studies of using emerging technology to promote government digital innovation and the delivery of digital public services
    • Smart Contract Blockchain HACKMX proposed use case
      • The use case for smart contracts in Mexico specified that the proposed blockchain supplier would be Ethereum
        • In order to make a smart contract with Ethereum, a high level language like Solidity would be used
    • The Mexican government sees smart contracts as a way to fight corruption but has not outlined specific applications for this technology as of yet
• However, no specific laws around smart contracts have been published so, as of July 2018, it is unknown what party would bear final responsibility of something were to go wrong (source)

Sources

• Lexology
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