Feedback and Futures
My thanks for feedback from members (keep it coming) and a look to the future, and the Futures and Annual Conferences…
Technology, Society & Justice
Editorial
This issue, though somewhat skewed towards case reports (excellent and important though they are) includes two pieces that I find especially interesting. Susan McLean on the sharing economy and Emma Wright and Dianne Devlin on smart cities deal with emerging trends that may shape our future more profoundly than that election thingy that I keep…
Fare for All Appetites
What can SCL do to meet the needs of more senior IT lawyers?…
Driverless Cars: Where Technology and Law Collide
Susan McLean and Mercedes Samavi take another look at this phenomenon of the future that is speeding down the road towards us…
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Book Review: Andrew Keen’s ‘The Internet Is Not The Answer’
Neil Brown reviews a book that takes a controversial view of the Internet…
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Smart Cities – Power to the Citizens?
Smart Cities are creating a buzz. Emma Wright and Dianne Devlin explain what the excitement is about and highlight some of the challenges…
Podcast: Superintelligence – a godsend, or a doomsday device?
Chair: James Taylor, Legal Counsel, Fujitsu Services Limited Speaker: (Please click to listen to the presentation)Nick Bostrom, Professor, Faculty of Philosophy & Oxford Martin School, Director, Future of Humanity Institute, Director, Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology, University of Oxford Panel:Oliver Lawson, Senior Associate, Stevens & Bolton LLPJames Taylor, Legal Counsel, Fujitsu Services LimitedMatthew Lavy,…
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Editorial
I like to think that I do curmudgeonly well. But, like Schwarzenegger doing comedy, I like the occasional stretch. I find myself currently playing the part of the uplifting and positive commentator on the way of the legal world. For while I remember a time when you could get into the pictures and buy a…
Can We Keep Humans At The Heart Of Technology?
Simon Deane-Johns examines that question and looks forward to the SCL events which will focus on it…
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Online Dispute Revolution?
A new report suggests the establishment of a dedicated online court and a radical new approach to the avoidance and settlement of disputes…