Research Handbook on the Law of Artificial Intelligence: Current and Future Directions

This second edition provides a broad range of perspectives on the legal implications of artificial intelligence (AI) across different global jurisdictions. Contributors identify the potential threats that AI poses to the protection of fundamental rights and human wellbeing, anticipating future developments in technological and legal infrastructures.

Providing critical insights into risk-based regulations and governance, leading experts discuss the rapid growth in AI’s computational ability and the implications of its usage in consumer finance, law enforcement, business law and taxation. Chapters examine the rise of artificial creativity, the impact of AI on evidence inspection and criminal accountability, as well as the importance of responsible usage in the ever-changing AI landscape. Covering authorship, patents and copyright law as potential sites for misuse, this Research Handbook challenges notions of consumer autonomy and civil liability relating to damage caused by AI.

This Research Handbook will be an essential reference source for students and scholars interested in AI law and regulation and will greatly benefit practising attorneys and regulators of technology.

Edited by Woodrow (Woody)Barfield, has served as Professor of Engineering and has been a senior editor or associate editor of several journals in engineering and law and Ugo Pagallo, Full Professor of Jurisprudence and Legal Informatics, Department of Law, University of Turin, Italy