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As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to spread, we have seen an increase in examples of AI systems reflecting or exacerbating societal bias, from racist facial recognition to sexist natural language processing. These biases threaten to overshadow AI’s...

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This Essay responds to the argument by Joshua Kroll, et al., in Accountable Algorithms, 165 U.PA.L.REV. 633 (2017), that technical tools can be more effective in ensuring the fairness of algorithms than insisting on transparency. When it comes to combating...

By JOEL S. JOHNSON. Full Text. Both the historic rule of lenity and the new major questions doctrine rest on a fundamental commitment to the separation of powers for important policy questions. In light of that shared justification, the logic...

Boundary-conforming coordinate transformations are used widely to map a flow region onto a computational space in which a finite-difference solution to the differential flow conservation laws is carried out. This method entails difficulties with maintenance of global conservation and with...

Abstract The rise of Generative AI has raised many questions from the perspective of copyright. From the lens of copyright and database rights, issues revolve not only around the authorship of AI-generated outputs, but also the very process that leads...

Computational Methods for Legal Analysis Computational analysis can be seen as the most recent innovation in the field of Empirical Legal Studies (ELS). It concerns the use of computer science and big data tools to collect, analyse and understand the...

[Introduction] The retirement of trademarks such as “Uncle Ben” and “Aunt Jemima” during the fulcrum of the Black Lives Matter movement prompted scholars to reconsider how trademark law protected various marks that perpetuated images built on a terrifying scaffold of...

Big Data is increasingly mined to rank and rate individuals. Predictive algorithms assess whether we are good credit risks, desirable employees, reliable tenants, valuable customers—or deadbeats, shirkers, menaces, and “wastes of time.” Crucial opportunities are on the line, including the...

This article examines Ayinde v London Borough of Haringey; Al-Haroun v Qatar National Bank [2025] EWHC 1383 (Admin), a landmark High Court judgment addressing the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in legal practice. The case arose when counsels submitted...

Law, interpretations of law, legal arguments, agreements, etc. are typically expressed in writing, leading to the production of vast corpora of legal text.Their analysis, which is at the center of legal practice, becomes increasingly elaborate as these collections grow in...

The Supreme Court has amplified Article II appointments and removal power over formal administrative adjudication. Both those in favor of and against this trend share assumptions about presidential influence over administrative power. For instance, both assume administrative discretion is at...

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<span>Envisaging legal cases’ outcomes can assist the judicial decision-making process. Prediction is possible in various cases, such as predicting the outcome of construction litigation, crime-related cases, parental rights, worker types, divorces, and tax law. The machine learning methods can function...

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In February 2023, Ashley Zukoski, an ultrasound technologist who already received health insurance through her employer, discovered she had been enrolled in a different plan sold on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces. Without Zukoski’s knowledge or consent, a Florida-based...

Abstract Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) models must be trained on vast quantities of data, much of which is composed of copyrighted material. However, AI developers frequently use such content without seeking permission from rightsholders, leading to calls for requirements to...

Courts and the law are playing an increasingly important political role. Courts are redefining public policies decided by representative authorities, and citizens are using the law and rights-framed discourses as political tools to address private and social demands, as well...

ARTICLE The Difference Narrows: A Reply to Kurt Lash Randy E. Barnett* & Evan D. Bernick** We thank the Notre Dame Law Review for allowing us to respond to Kurt Lash’s reply to our critique of his interpretation of the...

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China’s regulatory approaches to open-source resources and software deserve special attention due to the widespread global use of Chinese-developed solutions. China’s activity in the open-source software sector surged in 2020, laying the foundation for the type of innovations seen today....

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The description of a combination of technologies as ‘artificial intelligence’ (AI) is misleading. To ascribe intelligence to a statistical model without human attribution points towards an attempt at shifting legal, social, and ethical responsibilities to machines. This paper exposes the...

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In Online Courts and the Future of Justice, Richard Susskind, the world’s most cited author on the future of legal services, shows how litigation will be transformed by technology and proposes a solution to the global access-to-justice problem. In most...

The emergence of Chat GPT has once again sparked a wave of information revolution in generative artificial intelligence. This article provides a detailed overview of the development and technical support of generative artificial intelligence. It conducts an in-depth analysis of...

This chapter confronts the foundational challenges posed to legal theory and legal philosophy by the rise of computational ‘law’. Two types will be distinguished, noting that they can be combined into hybrid systems. On the one hand, the use of...

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Artificial intelligence systems deployed through cloud infrastructure have transformed numerous sectors while simultaneously raising critical ethical concerns regarding bias and fairness. This article examines the multifaceted nature of algorithmic bias in cloud AI systems, presenting quantitative evidence of disparities across...

The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into critical decision-making domains—such as healthcare, finance, law enforcement, and hiring—has raised significant ethical concerns regarding bias and fairness. Algorithmic decision-making systems, if not carefully designed and monitored, risk perpetuating and amplifying societal...