Predictions 2017.11 – Zyen Ubeid
Zyen Ubeid offers his view of likely developments in legal education…
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Predictions 2017.8 – Clive Davies
Clive Davies considers the ongoing development of, and dependence on, smartphones…
European Net Neutrality, at last?
Luca Belli and Chris Marsden review the long history of developments, and the latest position, on net neutrality in Europe, amid some hopeful signs. This article complements Chris Marsden’s presentation at the SCL Tech Law Futures Conference in November…
SCL Helping Media Understand AI Judgments Study
The recent publication of an academic study’s findings on the use of AI to predict human rights case outcomes has garnered a great deal of media attention. SCL President Richard Susskind has added to the understanding of the issues that arise in an interview on BBC World….
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Has the Future Arrived?
Professor Richard Susskind’s ground-breaking book, The Future of Law, is now 20 years old. How have the radical predictions he made in that book fared? The SCL Annual Lecture, presented on Thursday 6 October was his chance to let us know and David Chaplin here attempts to summarise Richard’s conclusions….
Coding for Lawyers
John McKinlay looks forward to a journey involving learning to code…
Algorithms, Social Media and Mental Health
Heike Felzmann and Rónán Kennedy address many of the issues surrounding the use of algorithms to assess mental health from public social media contributions, including some legal and ethical concerns…
Algorithmic Decision-Making and the Problem of Opacity
John Danaher introduces our focus on algorithms in legal and governmental decision-making and explains some of the basic problems. You can find further linked articles in the side-panel….
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Algorithmic Governmentality: Techo-optimism and the Move towards the Dark Side
If algorithmic government does ever achieve its full potential, John Morison offers an intimidating insight into the world we might see…
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The Internet of Things and Dragons
This piece from Rebecca Keating was a runner-up in the SCL Student Essay Prize competition. It addressed the following topic (from a range of suggested topics): Analyse the key legal issues which might hinder the so-called “Internet of Things”, and offer comments on how these might be overcome….