The Spread of Legal Tech Solutionism and the Need for Legal Design

Abstract

This paper introduces the notion of legal tech solutionism and argues for how in an age where the development of legal tech is seen as a panacea for all ills it is important to evaluate the use and lifecycle of the technology before introducing it as a solution to the complex and structural problems that plague legal systems. It explores the framework of legal design and argues that legal design provides for a grounded and contextual approach to the development of legal products, content and services. To do this, the paper develops an approach that operates at three levels, including the value of building for usability, the importance of collaboration and community and the value of designing for many worlds to ensure an engagement with a plurality of contexts in the development of legal tech through evolving a grounded approach.

AI as a challenge for legal regulation – the scope of application of the artificial intelligence act proposal

“…9 Failures of AI which fail to meet normative expectations can cause harm, undermine trust in the institutions they use and finally hinder its development and use. 10 The European Commission presented a unique -and so far, the first -comprehensive legal proposal for a regulation of Artificial Intelligence on 21 April 2021, the so-called Artificial Intelligence Act (or AIA). The proposal was the subject of lengthy and extensive consultations beforehand, and it is expected that the current version of the AIA will not be the final one which ultimately enters into force.…”

“…15 9 Ranchordas [42], p. 89. 10 Floridi/Holweg et al [14]. 11 Draft Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on harmonised rules on Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) and amending certain Union Legislative Acts (COM2021/0206 -C9-0146/2021 -2021/0106(COD), 2021/0106(COD).…”