# Ergo -- a programming language for Smart Legal Contracts

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.07064 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2112.07064/

## Key facts

- Cited by 3 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 13 Dec 2021.

## Built on by (most cited first, 3 of 3)

- [Conversion of Legal Agreements into Smart Legal Contracts using NLP](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2210.08954/) (2022)
- [OpenExempt: A Diagnostic Benchmark for Legal Reasoning and a Framework for Creating Custom Benchmarks on Demand](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2601.13183/) (2026)
- [Evolution of ESG-focused DLT Research: An NLP Analysis of the Literature](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2308.12420/) (2023)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We present a smart legal contract platform to support a wide range of smart legal contract use cases. We see this as a step towards improving existing approaches to representing the complexity of legal agreements and executing aspects of these agreements.