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Book SynopsisThis thorough and incisive Research Handbook reconstructs the scholarly discourses surrounding the field of law and technology, recognising how it has been established over the last decade as one of the focal points of legal scholarly debate.
Adopting a multidimensional approach, the Research Handbook on Law and Technology brings together an array of esteemed experts and new voices in the field with chapters considering antitrust, artificial intelligence, consumer law, legal responses to techlaw uncertainties, internet, methodology, and human rights in the digital age. Contributors examine the interaction between various branches of law and technology and analyse specific challenges that technology poses to law and legal scholarship, using theoretical reasoning and case-specific examples to support key arguments. Ultimately, this Research Handbook encourages a critical approach when engaging with discussions on law and technology, arguing that our understanding can only be improved and developed by challenging existing paradigms.
The Research Handbook on Law and Technology is a fundamental resource for legal students, academics, researchers and practitioners interested in the legal challenges stemming from the use of different technologies. Providing a comprehensive examination of technology’s multidisciplinary nature, this book will also appeal to academics in the fields of philosophy, social science, political science and public policy.
Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Law and Technology 1 Olia Kanevskaia and Przemysław Pałka PART I FRAMEWORKS 2 Law, regulation, and technology: the bigger picture of good governance 12 Roger Brownsword 3 Legal responses to techlaw uncertainties 28 BJ Ard and Rebecca Crootof 4 What’s law got to do with IT: an analysis of techno-regulatory incoherence 45 Zachary Cooper and Arno R. Lodder 5 Formalising law, or the return of the Golem 59 Burkhard Schafer 6 How not to get bored, or some thoughts on the methodology of law and technology 82 Przemysław Pałka and Bartosz Brożek 7 Grounding computational ‘law’ in legal education and professional legal training 99 Mireille Hildebrandt 8 Hype and cultural imaginary in law and technology 128 Lachlan Robb and Kieran Tranter PART II BRANCHES 9 Technology, monopoly, and antitrust from a historical perspective 142 Ramsi A. Woodcock 10 When worlds collide: copyright law, technology, and legislative drama 160 Ewa Laskowska-Litak 11 EU consumer law and technology 174 Agnieszka Jabłonowska 12 Criminal law and technology 190 Sofie Royer and Rune Vanleeuw 13 Privacy at a crossroads 214 Artur Pericles Lima Monteiro 14 When computers say no: towards a legal response to algorithmic discrimination in Europe 222 Raphaële Xenidis 15 International human rights law in the digital age: perspectives from the UN human rights system 235 Claudia Victoria Ionita and Machiko Kanetake 16 Legal principles and technology at the intersection of energy, climate, and environmental law 254 Leonie Reins PART III PERSPECTIVES 17 Afro-centric law and technology discourse 276 Caroline B. Ncube and Thabiso R. Phiri 18 Incorporating digital development perspectives in international trade law 296 Binit Agarwal and Neha Mishra 19 Perspectives on digital constitutionalism 315 Francisco de Abreu Duarte, Giovanni De Gregorio and Angelo Jr Golia 20 The saga of copyrighted standards: a perspective on access to regulation 330 Olia Kanevskaia 21 The normative novelty of obligations in automated contracts 349 Helen Eenmaa 22 STS jurisprudence: exploring the intersection between science and technology studies and law 365 Kasper Hedegård Schiølin 23 An outsider’s view on law and technology 379 Hans-W. Micklitz PART IV CHALLENGES 24 Autonomous weapons 392 Magdalena Pacholska 25 Issues in robot law and policy 408 A. Michael Froomkin 26 Artificial intelligence and the law: can we and should we regulate AI systems? 427 Riikka Koulu, Suvi Sankari, Hanne Hirvonen and Tatjaana Heikkinen 27 Machine learning and law 450 Andrzej Porębski 28 Why we need to rethink procedural fairness for the digital age and how we should do it 468 Jed Meers, Simon Halliday and Joe Tomlinson 29 Patent law and economics: open issues in technology standards 483 Giuseppe Colangelo and Eleonora Pierucci 30 Blockchain and cryptocurrency 497 Dan Traficonte Index 512
