Full Description
This edited collection explores the disruptive effects of technology on law, in the challenge presented to regulators as they strive to manage the transition from one technological state to another (such as the transition from analogue to digital, or from fossil fuels to green renewables), and in the opportunities (and challenges) presented as regulators transition from traditional rule-based legal governance to governance that relies on new technologies and tools.
It brings together nine papers, eight of which were published in the journal Law, Innovation and Technology (between 2009 and 2022) and the ninth of which was a TELOS conference paper that was given at King's College London in 2023. These papers are presented in three sets, each set reflecting a particular theme for discussion within the broad field of law, regulation and technology: law in context; 'law in context' becoming 'law in a technological context'; disruptive technologies and their impact on law; the regulatory challenge presented by technological transition; and the challenges and opportunities presented by a transition in the mode of governance, from rules to tools. Followed by short remarks about the articles in each set and concluding reflections about the future direction of inquiry where the mission is to understand law in a technological context.
Timely and forward-looking, this collection makes important inroads into broadening the field of legal study by placing law not simply in context but in, what is now, a technological context.
Contents
Introduction to Law in a Technological Context: Disruptions and Transitions 1. Law, Authority, and Respect: Three Waves of Technological Disruption 2. Private Law and Technology: Beyond Fighting Fires and Fanning the Flames 3. Regulating Human Enhancement: Things Can Only Get Better? 4. New Genetic Tests, New Research Findings: Do Patients and Participants Have a Right to Know—and Do They Have a Right Not to Know? 5. Friends, Romans, and Countrymen: Is There a Universal Right to Identity? 6. From Erewhon to Alpha Go: For the Sake of Human Dignity Should We Destroy the Machines? 7. Regulating Patient Safety: Is it Time for a Technological Response? 8. In the Year 2061: From Law to Technological Management 9. Technological Management and the Rule of Law
