Smart Technologies and the End(s) of Law

Novel Entanglements of Law and Technology

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Science & Technology, Computers, General Computing
Cover of the book Smart Technologies and the End(s) of Law by Mireille Hildebrandt, Edward Elgar Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Mireille Hildebrandt ISBN: 9781849808774
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Publication: March 27, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Mireille Hildebrandt
ISBN: 9781849808774
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: March 27, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English
This timely book tells the story of the smart technologies that reconstruct our world, by provoking their most salient functionality: the prediction and preemption of our day-to-day activities, preferences, health and credit risks, criminal intent and spending capacity. Mireille Hildebrandt claims that we are in transit between an information society and a data-driven society, which has far reaching consequences for the world we depend on. She highlights how the pervasive employment of machine-learning technologies that inform so-called ‘data-driven agency’ threaten privacy, identity, autonomy, non-discrimination, due process and the presumption of innocence. The author argues how smart technologies undermine, reconfigure and overrule the ends of the law in a constitutional democracy, jeopardizing law as an instrument of justice, legal certainty and the public good. Finally, the book calls on lawyers, computer scientists and civil society not to reject smart technologies, explaining how further engaging these technologies may help to reinvent the effective protection of the rule of law.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
This timely book tells the story of the smart technologies that reconstruct our world, by provoking their most salient functionality: the prediction and preemption of our day-to-day activities, preferences, health and credit risks, criminal intent and spending capacity. Mireille Hildebrandt claims that we are in transit between an information society and a data-driven society, which has far reaching consequences for the world we depend on. She highlights how the pervasive employment of machine-learning technologies that inform so-called ‘data-driven agency’ threaten privacy, identity, autonomy, non-discrimination, due process and the presumption of innocence. The author argues how smart technologies undermine, reconfigure and overrule the ends of the law in a constitutional democracy, jeopardizing law as an instrument of justice, legal certainty and the public good. Finally, the book calls on lawyers, computer scientists and civil society not to reject smart technologies, explaining how further engaging these technologies may help to reinvent the effective protection of the rule of law.

More books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Cover of the book Grounds of the Immaterial by Mireille Hildebrandt
Cover of the book Cities and the Urban Land Premium by Mireille Hildebrandt
Cover of the book Law and Development by Mireille Hildebrandt
Cover of the book Classification of Conflicts in International Humanitarian Law by Mireille Hildebrandt
Cover of the book Shaping EU Policy from Below by Mireille Hildebrandt
Cover of the book Private International Law, Art and Cultural Heritage by Mireille Hildebrandt
Cover of the book Business, Organized Labour and Climate Policy by Mireille Hildebrandt
Cover of the book Sustainable Development in International Law Making and Trade by Mireille Hildebrandt
Cover of the book The World Bank and the Globalisation of Housing Finance by Mireille Hildebrandt
Cover of the book Monetary Regimes and Inflation by Mireille Hildebrandt
Cover of the book The Art of Regulation by Mireille Hildebrandt
Cover of the book Biotechnological Inventions and Patentability of Life by Mireille Hildebrandt
Cover of the book How Capitalism Destroyed Itself by Mireille Hildebrandt
Cover of the book Competing Values Leadership by Mireille Hildebrandt
Cover of the book Social Marketing and Behaviour Change by Mireille Hildebrandt
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy