Law, innovation and technology: fast forward to 2021

This article, introducing a new extended form of the journal, offers some reflections on the changing context in which we now research law, innovation, and technology. Three major changes are highlighted: the evolving landscape of Law 3.0, potentially de-centring both rules and humans from the legal...

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Published inLaw, innovation and technology Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 1 - 28
Main Authors Brownsword, Roger, Somsen, Han
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.01.2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Context
disruption
Fragility
Innovations
Law 3.0
Legislation
pandemics
technological solutions
the Anthropocene
the new normal
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Summary:This article, introducing a new extended form of the journal, offers some reflections on the changing context in which we now research law, innovation, and technology. Three major changes are highlighted: the evolving landscape of Law 3.0, potentially de-centring both rules and humans from the legal enterprise; the new 'normal' of life with pandemics, underlining the vulnerability of humans; and, threading through all of this, the Anthropocene, destabilising a host of baseline distinctions, and a constant warning about the fragility of the global commons and the human condition. In this changing context, the question is whether technology can provide the solutions to our global challenges without involving an irreversible erosion of human agency. With this, we open the floor to our contributors.
ISSN:1757-9961
1757-997X
DOI:10.1080/17579961.2021.1898298