Is Law Computable?

Simon Deakin is Professor of Law and Fellow of Peterhouse and Christopher Markou is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow and Affiliated Lecturer, both at the University of Cambridge.

If you have any interest in artificial intelligence (AI), especially if it’s coupled with a desire to learn more about how developments in AI are related to law and legal technology, then this collection of papers has been compiled just for you … As AI continues to seep into many areas of legal practice, this is an important collection of critical papers relevant not just for law libraries but for any library collection hoping to inform readers about ongoing developments in AI and society.

• 1. From Rule of Law to Legal Singularity Simon Deakin, University of Cambridge, UK and Christopher Markou, University of Cambridge, UK2. Ex Machina Lex: Exploring the Limits of Legal Computability Christopher Markou, University of Cambridge, UK and Simon Deakin, University of Cambridge, UK3. Code-driven Law: Freezing the Future and Scaling the Past Mireille Hildebrandt, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium4. Towards a Democratic Singularity? Algorithmic Governmentality, the Eradication of Politics ? And the Possibility of Resistance John Morison, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK5. Legal Singularity and the Reflexivity of Law Jennifer Cobbe, University of Cambridge, UK6. Artificial Intelligence and Legal Singularity: The Thin End of the Wedge, the Thick End of the Wedge, and the Rule of Law Roger Brownsword, King’s College London, UK7. Automated Systems and the Need for Change Sylvie Delacroix, University of Birmingham, UK8. Punishing Artificial Intelligence: Legal Fiction or Science Fiction Ryan Abbott, University of Surrey, UK and Alex Sarch, University of Surrey, UK9. Not a Single Singularity Lyria Bennett Moses, UNSW Sydney, Australia10. The Law of Contested Concepts? Reflections on Copyright Law and the Legal and Technological Singularities Dilan Thampapillai, ANU College of Law, Australia11. Capacitas Ex Machina: Are Computerised Assessments of Mental Capacity a ‘Red Line’ or Benchmark for AI? Christopher Markou, University of Cambridge, UK and Lily Hands, University of Cambridge, UK