Artificial Intelligence And The Law

‘Artificial Intelligence and Law’ is a ground-breaking book that delves into the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and the legal domain, providing a comprehensive exploration of the evolving relationship between technology and the legal framework. Authored with meticulous research and expertise, the book offers a nuanced understanding of how AI technologies impact various facets of law, from legal practice to policy considerations. The authors skillfully navigate the intricate landscape of AI and its implications on legal processes, addressing challenges and opportunities presented by the integration of advanced technologies. With a focus on both theoretical and practical aspects, the book explores key themes such as the ethical considerations surrounding AI applications in law, the automation of legal tasks, and the implications for the legal profession. Readers will find insightful discussions on topics such as machine learning algorithms, natural language processing, and the use of AI in legal research. The book goes beyond a mere analysis of the present state, offering thoughtful insights into the future trajectory of AI in the legal domain and its potential impact on the justice system. ‘Artificial Intelligence and Law’ serves as an indispensable resource for legal professionals, scholars, and technologists seeking a comprehensive guide to the evolving landscape where AI and the law intersect. With its well-researched content and forward-looking perspective, the book contributes significantly to the ongoing discourse on the integration of artificial intelligence into the legal sphere.

Argues that treating people and artificial intelligence differently under the law results in unexpected and harmful outcomes for social welfare.

Exploring potential scenarios of artificial intelligence regulation which prevent automated reality harming individual human rights or social values, this book reviews current debates surrounding AI regulation in the context of the emerging risks and accountabilities. Considering varying regulatory methodologies, it focuses mostly on EU’s regulation in light of the comprehensive policy making process taking place at the supranational level. Taking an ethics and humancentric approach towards artificial intelligence as the bedrock of future laws in this field, it analyses the relations between fundamental rights impacted by the development of artificial intelligence and ethical standards governing it. It contains a detailed and critical analysis of the EU’s Ethic Guidelines for Trustworthy AI, pointing at its practical applicability by the interested parties. Attempting to identify the most transparent and efficient regulatory tools that can assure social trust towards AI technologies, the book provides an overview of horizontal and sectoral regulatory approaches, as well as legally binding measures stemming from industries’ self-regulations and internal policies.

The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has made tremendous advances in the last two decades, but as smart as AI is now, it is getting smarter and becoming more autonomous. This raises a host of challenges to current legal doctrine, including whether AI/algorithms should count as ‘speech’, whether AI should be regulated under antitrust and criminal law statutes, and whether AI should be considered as an agent under agency law or be held responsible for injuries under tort law. This book contains chapters from US and international law scholars on the role of law in an age of increasingly smart AI, addressing these and other issues that are critical to the evolution of the field.

An engaging exploration of legal and ethical issues arising from developments in AI and robotics.

This book provides an in-depth overview of what is currently happening in the field of Law and Artificial Intelligence (AI). From deep fakes and disinformation to killer robots, surgical robots, and AI lawmaking, the many and varied contributors to this volume discuss how AI could and should be regulated in the areas of public law, including constitutional law, human rights law, criminal law, and tax law, as well as areas of private law, including liability law, competition law, and consumer law. Aimed at an audience without a background in technology, this book covers how AI changes these areas of law as well as legal practice itself. This scholarship should prove of value to academics in several disciplines (e.g., law, ethics, sociology, politics, and public administration) and those who may find themselves confronted with AI in the course of their work, particularly people working within the legal domain (e.g., lawyers, judges, law enforcement officers, public prosecutors, lawmakers, and policy advisors). Bart Custers is Professor of Law and Data Science at eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Eduard Fosch-Villaronga is Assistant Professor at eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University in the Netherlands.