Do conceptions of the Rule of Law reflect timeless truths, or are
they in fact contingent on a particular information and
communications infrastructure - one that we are fast leaving
behind? Hildebrandt has engineered a provocative encounter between
law and networked digital technologies that cuts to the heart of
the dilemma confronting legal institutions in a networked world.' -
Julie E. Cohen, Georgetown University, US'Many contemporary authors
are wrestling with two technological developments which will change
our society beyond recognition: big data analytics and smart
technologies. Few though understand, or can explain, these
developments in the way Mireille Hildebrandt does. In ambitiously
bringing together legal theory, psychology, social ethnology and of
course smart agency and ambient intelligence, Hildebrandt gives the
most complete study of these vitally important developments. Books
are often described as 'must read' though few actually are; this
one genuinely is.' - Andrew Murray, London School of Economics, UK
This timely book tells the story of the smart technologies that
reconstruct our world, by provoking their most salient
functionality: the prediction and preemption of our day-to-day
activities, preferences, health and credit risks, criminal intent
and spending capacity. Mireille Hildebrandt claims that we are in
transit between an information society and a data-driven society,
which has far reaching consequences for the world we depend on. She
highlights how the pervasive employment of machine-learning
technologies that inform so-called 'data-driven agency' threaten
privacy, identity, autonomy, non-discrimination, due process and
the presumption of innocence. The author argues how smart
technologies undermine, reconfigure and overrule the ends of the
law in a constitutional democracy, jeopardizing law as an
instrument of justice, legal certainty and the public good.
Nevertheless, the book calls on lawyers, computer scientists and
civil society not to reject smart technologies, explaining how
further engaging these technologies may help to reinvent the
effective protection of the Rule of Law. Academics and researchers
interested in the philosophy of law and technology will find this
book both discerning and relevant. Practitioners and policy makers
in the areas of law, computer science and engineering will benefit
from the insight into smart technologies and their impact today.
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