
Technology
New Trajectories in Law
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 9. January 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
114 pages
978-0-367-77137-9 (ISBN)
Description
Placing contemporary technological developments in their historical context, this book argues for the importance of law in their regulation.
Technological developments are focused upon overcoming physical and human constraints. There are no normative constraints inherent in the quest for ongoing and future technological development. In contrast, law proffers an essential normative constraint. Just because we can do something, does not mean that we should. Through the application of critical legal theory and jurisprudence to pro-actively engage with technology, this book demonstrates why legal thinking should be prioritised in emerging technological futures. This book articulates classic skills and values such as ethics and justice to ensure that future and ongoing legal engagements with socio-technological developments are tempered by legal normative constraints.
Encouraging them to foreground questions of justice and critique when thinking about law and technology, the book addresses law students and teachers, lawyers and critical thinkers concerned with the proliferation of technology in our lives.
Technological developments are focused upon overcoming physical and human constraints. There are no normative constraints inherent in the quest for ongoing and future technological development. In contrast, law proffers an essential normative constraint. Just because we can do something, does not mean that we should. Through the application of critical legal theory and jurisprudence to pro-actively engage with technology, this book demonstrates why legal thinking should be prioritised in emerging technological futures. This book articulates classic skills and values such as ethics and justice to ensure that future and ongoing legal engagements with socio-technological developments are tempered by legal normative constraints.
Encouraging them to foreground questions of justice and critique when thinking about law and technology, the book addresses law students and teachers, lawyers and critical thinkers concerned with the proliferation of technology in our lives.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
155 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-77137-9 (9780367771379)
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Persons
Penny Crofts is Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney.
Honni van Rijswijk is Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney.
Honni van Rijswijk is Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney.
Content
1. Stories of Technology: The Role of Legal Thinking in Shaping Techno-Legal Worlds 2. Historical examples of law and technology: civil law, criminal law, slavery and colonialism 3. Balance of power and pushing back through the rule of law 4. Big Tech, The Corporate Form, and Self-Regulation 5. Critical Legal Theory and Encountering Bias in Tech