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While legal technology may bring efficiency and economy to business, where are the people in this process and what does it mean for their lives?Around five billion people globally are unable to address their everyday legal problems and do not have the security, opportunity or protection to redress their grievances and injustices. Courts and legal institutions can often be out of reach because of costs, distance, or a lack of knowledge of rights and entitlements and judicial institutions may be under-funded leading to poor judicial infrastructure, inadequate staff, and limited resources to meet the needs of those who require such services. This book sets out to embed access to justice into mainstream discussions on the future of law and to explore how this can be addressed in different parts of the legal industry. It examines what changes in technology mean for the end user, whether an ordinary citizen, a client or a student; and looks at the everyday practice of law through a sector-wide analysis of law firms, universities, startups and civil society organizations. In doing so, the book provides a roadmap on how to address sector-specific access to justice questions and to draw lessons for the future. The book draws on experiences from judges, academics, practitioners, policy makers and educators and presents perspectives from both the Global South and the Global North.Key features:. Brings together leading judges, academics, practitioners, policy makers and educators from several countries, including India, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom South Africa and Nigeria. Offers a dialogue between theory and practice by presenting practical and reflective essays on the nature of changes in the legal sector. Analyses technological changes taking place in the legal sector, situates where these developments have taken place, who has brought them about and their impact on societySiddharth Peter de Souza is a research fellow and PhD candidate at the Humboldt University of Berlin.Maximilian Spohr is the policy advisor on civil rights to Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, primarily leading the foundation's international human rights program. He holds a PhD in Public International Law from the University of Heidelberg.

How will law, regulation and ethics govern a future of fast-changing technologies? Bringing together cutting-edge authors from academia, legal practice and the technology industry, Future Law explores and leverages the power of human imagination in understanding, critiquing and improving the legal responses to technological change.

How will law, regulation and ethics govern a future of fast-changing technologies?'From current controversies over Internet content, privacy and radicalisation, to science fiction and "Black Mirror" visions of the future, pervasive fears exist that technology inevitably outpaces law and social control' - 'Future Law' responds to these fears by exploring how law and ethics can foresee and control new technologies that challenge our societal norms and expectations.Bringing together cutting-edge authors from academia, legal practice and the technology industry, this book explores and leverages the power of human imagination in understanding, critiquing and improving the legal responses to technological change.Key Features¿ Focuses on the practical difficulties of applying law, policy and ethical structures to emergent technologies both now and in the future¿ Covers crucial current issues such as big data ethics, ubiquitous surveillance and the Internet of Things, and disruptive technologies such as autonomous vehicles, DIY genetics and robot agents¿ Asks where law might go next and how to regulate new-phase technology such as artificial intelligence, 'smart homes' and automated emotion recognition¿ Uses examples from popular culture such as books, films, TV and Instagram - including 'Black Mirror', 'Disney Princesses', 'Star Wars', 'Doctor Who' and 'Rick and Morty' - to bring hypothetical examples to lifeLilian Edwards is Chair of Law, Innovation and Society at Newcastle UniversityBurkhard Schafer is Professor of Computational Legal Theory at the University of Edinburgh, and co-founder and co-director of the Joseph Bell Centre for Legal Reasoning and Forensic StatisticsEdina Harbinja is Senior Lecturer in Media/Privacy Law at Aston University Edina Harbinja

This book examines the rise of the direct-to-consumer genetic testing industry (DTC) and its use of 'wrap' contracts. It uses the example of DTC to show the challenges that disruptive technologies pose for societies and for regulation. It also uses the wrap contracts of DTC companies to explore broader issues with online contracting.