Future Law: Emerging Technology, Regulation and Ethics
Lilian Edwards
Feb 2020 · Edinburgh University Press
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How will law, regulation and ethics govern a future of fast-changing technologies?Focuses on the practical difficulties of applying law, policy and ethical structures to emergent technologies both now and in the futureCovers crucial current issues such as big data ethics, ubiquitous surveillance and the Internet of Things, and disruptive technologies such as autonomous vehicles, DIY genetics and robot agentsAsks where law might go next and how to regulate new-phase technology such as artificial intelligence, 'smart homes' and automated emotion recognitionUses examples from popular culture such as books, films, TV and Instagram - including Black Mirror, Disney princesses, Star Wars, Doctor Who and Rick and Morty - to bring hypothetical examples to lifeBringing together cutting-edge authors from academia, legal practice and the technology industry, this book explores and leverages the power of human imagination in understanding, critiquing and improving the legal responses to technological change.ContributorsPaul Bernal Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of East AngliaDamian Clifford Flemish Research Council (FWO) Aspirant Fellow, KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP LawMelissa de Zwart Dean of Law, Adelaide Law School, University of AdelaideCatherine Easton Reader in Law, University of LancasterLilian Edwards Professor of Law, Innovation and Society, Newcastle Law School, Newcastle UniversityAndres Guadamuz Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, University of SussexRob Hamper PhD Candidate, University of New South WalesEdina Harbinja Senior Lecturer in Media/Privacy Law, Aston Law School, Aston UniversityAndrew Katz Partner, Moorcrofts LLP, UK and Visiting Researcher, University of Skövde, SwedenMichaela MacDonald Teaching Fellow, Queen Mary University, LondonAlana Maurushat Professor of Cybersecurity and Behaviour, Western Sydney UniversityMiranda Mowbray Lecturer in Computer Science, University of BristolAndelka M Phillips Senior Lecturer, Te Piringa (Faculty of Law), University of Waikato, and Research Associate, Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies (HeLEX), University of OxfordBurkhard Schafer Professor of Computational Legal Theory, School of Law, University of EdinburghLachlan D Urquhart Lecturer in Technology Law, School of Law, University of Edinburgh and Visiting Research Fellow, Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute, School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham.
About the author
Lilian Edwards is Chair of Law, Innovation and Society at Newcastle University. Her principal research interests are in the law relating to the Internet, the Web and new technologies, with a European and comparative focus. She also has close links with the Oxford Internet Institute. She is Associate Director, and was co-founder, of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Centre for IP and Technology Law (now SCRIPT). She has co-edited four bestselling editions of Law and the Internet (Hart Publishing, 1997, 2000, 2009 and 2018) with Charlotte Waelde and a collection of essays, The New Legal Framework for E-Commerce in Europe (Bloomsbury, 2005).
Burkhard Schafer is Professor of Computational Legal Theory at the University of Edinburgh. He is co-founder and co-director of the Joseph Bell Centre for Legal Reasoning and Forensic Statistics.
Edina Harbinja is Reader in Law at Aston Law School, Aston University. Her principal areas of research concern legal issues surrounding the Internet and emerging technologies. She has published widely on aspects of internet law and regulation and has been a visiting scholar and invited speaker to universities and conferences internationally. She has pioneered the concept of post-mortem privacy. Her research has been highly impactful and has been cited by legislators, courts and policymakers worldwide. Edina regularly engages with the media, and her key appearances include Nature, TEDx, BBC, ABC, The Guardian, Thomson and Reuters etc.
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