The International Review of Law, Computers & Technology contributes to scholarly and policy engagement with regulatory, economic and political challenges posed by new and technological innovations. The themed issue, Justice in Algorithmic Robes aims to reflect critically about the assumptions we make about the role of Law in balancing innovations and fundamental rights. The emergence of smart sensing technologies, 3D printing, automated systems and robotics is seamlessly being interwoven into discourses such as ‘the collaborative economy’, ‘governance by platforms’ and ‘empowerment’. Innovations such as body worn cameras, fitness trackers, 3D printing, smart meters, robotics and big data hold out the promise of a new algorithmic future. These developments also coincide with growing inter-disciplinary scholarship voicing concerns about the vulnerability of the values we associate with fundamental freedoms and how these are being algorithmically reconfigured or dismantled in a systematic manner. This themed issue invites contributions that will move us beyond the ongoing debates about the politics of technologies and consider how best we can meaningfully preserve our fundamental rights and freedoms. Contributions to this themed issue are welcomed, in particular, those that:
Offer new conceptualisations of the role and rule of law.
Discuss how particular technologies redefine values and rights.
Suggest new ways we can (re) imagine concepts such as informed consent, autonomy and privacy.
Describe the significance of trends towards ‘legal protection of design’ as a counterpoint to the road to ‘digital serfdom’.
Offer analytical models of ‘freedom’ that give more prominence to concerns of justice and agency.
Sequence of articles
New Directions in Information Technology Law: Learning from Human Computer Interaction
A Study into the Layers of Automated Decision Making: Emergent Normative and Legal Aspects of Deep Learning
Regulating Security on the Internet: Control vs. Trust
Accountability for the Use of Algorithms in a Big Data Environment
Algorithmic Surveillance: The Collection Conundrum
Do Algorithms Dream of ‘Data’ Without Bodies?
ORCID
Joseph Savirimuthu http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1097-9876