The Evolution of Law, Regulation and Technology

Towards a New Jurisprudence of Governance
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-41270-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Outlining three phases in the history of ‘Law, Regulation and Technology’ as a scholarly discipline, this book anticipates its next phase through the elaboration of a new jurisprudence centred on governance, and the aspiration for good governance.

In the first phase, it is advances in genetics and the development of the internet that attract legal interest. In the second phase, and in the context of a raft of emerging technologies, the book identifies three recognisable lines of inquiry. One focuses on the juridical application of traditional legal rules, principles, concepts, and classifications to these technologies. Another explores the political challenges of regulating new technologies. And a third line of inquiry focuses on the ways in which new tools might be applied for the more effective and efficient performance of legal and regulatory functions. In the context of an extensive and expanding reliance on new technologies being applied for the purposes of governance, the third phase of Law, Regulation and Technology, the book argues, demands a new approach. It is time to treat law and regulation as particular modalities of governance – according to which it must be asked, for example, whether governance must be by rules, whether the rule of law is fit for purpose, and whether the separation of powers is conducive to good governance. In short, the book argues, this third – and emerging – phase of Law, Regulation and Technology demands nothing less than a new jurisprudence of governance in general, hybrid (rule and tool) governance in particular, and always the aspiration for good governance.

This book will appeal to legal researchers and postgraduates in the burgeoning field of law, regulation and technology; as well as to jurists who are interested in the challenge new technologies present to traditional debates about the nature of law.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brownsword, Roger

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht Umweltrecht allg., Technikrecht, Immissionsschutzrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wissenssoziologie, Wissenschaftssoziologie, Techniksoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Kultur-, Wissenschafts- & Technologiepolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Schul-, Hochschul- und Prüfungsrecht, Wissenschaftsrecht, Forschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introducing Law, Regulation, and Technology Part One: Early Days: Questions and Concerns 2. Law, Technology, and Elephants in the Room 3. Ghoulies, Ghosties, and Long-leggedy Beasts 4. Human Dignity, Technology, and Sleeping Dogs Part Two: Maturity: Challenges and Opportunities 5. Regulation of Technology: Cans of Worms 6. Horses that Bolted 7. Technology and the Regulatory Toolbox: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing? Part Three: Time to Move On: A Turn to Governance 8. From Law and Technology to Governance 9. Things that Go Bump in the Night 10. Sacred Cows Part Four: A New Jurisprudence 11. The Concept of Law and All That 12. Hybrids, Transitions, and the Rewiring of Governance 13. Anchors, Boundaries, and Limits 14. Confluence 15. What the World Needs Now: Good Governance 16. Concluding Reflections

Über Autor(innen)

Roger Brownsword has been an academic lawyer for more than fifty years, currently having professorial positions at King’s College London and Bournemouth University. His books, which include Law, Technology and Society (Routledge, 2019); Law 3.0 (Routledge, 2020); The Future of Governance: A Radical Introduction to Law (Routledge, 2025); and, most recently, Law, Technology, and Governance (Routledge, 2026), are known throughout the English-speaking world. He also has publications in Chinese, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese. He is the founding general editor of Law, Innovation and Technology; he was a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics (2004–2010) and Chair of UK Biobank’s Ethics and Governance Council (2011–2015); he has served on working parties in the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal Society (most recently, on machine learning); and he has acted as a specialist adviser to parliamentary committees on stems cells, cloning, and hybrid embryos.