Peter Gallagher considers the autonomous weapons debate in international humanitarian law…
SCL survey on data storage: “In-House Lawyers: Do you know if your Company has an email deletion policy?”
SCL is inviting in-house lawyers to take part in a short survey…
Algorithmic Decision-Making and the Problem of Opacity
John Danaher introduces our focus on algorithms in legal and governmental decision-making and explains some of the basic problems. You can find further linked articles in the side-panel….
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Algorithmic Governmentality: Techo-optimism and the Move towards the Dark Side
If algorithmic government does ever achieve its full potential, John Morison offers an intimidating insight into the world we might see…
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Towards Open Government
Niall Ó Brolcháin asks how sovereign governments that were constituted in a bygone age can move into a new technological era that demands openness and transparency….
From Algorithmic Law to Automation-friendly Legislation
Dag Wiese Schartum tells us how to build automated legal decision-making systems…
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Algorithmic Surveillance: True Negatives
Maria Helen Murphy explores surveillance algorithms and the interplay with fundamental rights…
Do the Commercial Agents Regulations Apply to the Sale of Software?
Martin Sloan reflects on a recent judgment in the High Court which classified software as ‘goods’ and which may have implications for software licensors…
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Happenings, IFCLA Thanks and More
Mark O’Conor with the latest news on SCL and some thoughts on IFCLA…
Are Your People Your Most Effective Defence Against Cyber-attacks?
As we all become increasingly aware of the vulnerability of organisations to cyber-attack, Nick Wilding explains how the key is to educate people…
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