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The Digital Fourth Amendment is written by Professor Orin Kerr, one of the country’s foremost authorities on the Fourth Amendment, electronic privacy, and criminal procedure. Kerr’s work has been deeply influential in shaping how courts are looking at and deciding...

This world is vast, dangerous, and dying. You take your first steps, uncertain of who you are, where you are going, or who is responsible for the conditions in which you find yourself. You can learn more, but you will...

Journal Article AI-generated works and copyright law: towards a union of strange bedfellows Get access Emmanuel Salami Emmanuel Salami Email: Emmanuel.Salami@outlook.com. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice,...

By: Sophia Antonio, Volume 109 Staff Member Former presidential candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK), dominated the summer news cycle with bizarre controversies. [1] RFK dropped out of the presidential race, where he ran as a third-party candidate, on August...

This study explores intelligent identification methods for undue influence and grossly unfair clauses from the cross-perspectives of artificial intelligence and comparative contract law, focusing on the integration of intelligent text analysis and legal knowledge graph technology. By constructing a dual...

The proper principles for the regulation of autonomous weapons were studied here, some of which have already been inserted in International Humanitarian Law (IHL), and others are still merely theoretical. The differentiation between civilians and non-civilians, the solution of liability...

Artificial intelligence is currently in the center of attention of legal professionals. In recent years, a variety of efforts have been made to predict judicial decisions using different machine learning models, but no realistic performance comparison between them is available....

ARTICLE Marketplace of Ideas, Privacy, and the Digital Audience Alexander Tsesis* The availability of almost limitless sets of digital information has opened a vast marketplace of ideas. Information service providers like Facebook and Twitter provide users with an array of...

Researchers and practitioners in the fairness community have highlighted the ethical and legal challenges of using biased datasets in data-driven systems, with algorithmic bias being a major concern. Despite the rapidly growing body of literature on fairness in algorithmic decision-making,...

Introduction I see the sun, and if I don’t see the sun, I know it’s there. And there’s a whole life in that, in knowing that the sun is there. —Fyodor Dostoevsky The time to…The postPricing Solar Development Optionsappeared first...

Evaluating whether machines improve on human performance is one of the central questions of machine learning. However, there are many domains where the data is <i>selectively labeled</i> in the sense that the observed outcomes are themselves a consequence of the...

The article discusses the features of international legal regulation of the development and application of artificial intelligence and robotics in the world. The focus of international organizations on maintaining an optimal balance between the interests of society and the state...

For decades, private plaintiffs have brought claims to enforce key provisions of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Recent decisions have tossed out these claims on the ground that enforcement authority lies solely with the Attorney…The postCurbing Private Enforcement of the...

In recent years, disruptive legal technology has been on the rise. Currently, several AI-based tools are being deployed across the legal field, including the judiciary. Although many of these innovative tools claim to make the legal profession more efficient and...

Each year, millions of Americans rely on public defenders to fulfill their Sixth Amendment right to counsel. Despite being the linchpin of the criminal justice system, public defense remains both underfunded and understudied. This Article provides empirical analysis to contribute...

Background: The continuous development of artificial intelligence (AI) and increasing rate of adoption by software startups calls for governance measures to be implemented at the design and development stages to help mitigate AI governance concerns. Most AI ethical design and...

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...

2026 Winter Mingle January 28th, 2026 at the Music City Center in Nashville, TNThis year’s Winter Mingle will take a slightly different approach, bringing together all VLS students for the event. It’s an excellent opportunity to connect with students and...

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Abstract In the debate on copyright exceptions permitting text and data mining (“TDM”) for the development of generative AI systems, the so-called “three-step test” has become a centre of gravity. The test serves as a universal yardstick for assessing the...

Abstract The advancement of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) technology has fundamentally altered the production and ownership of works, including video games. That is because, with the development of AI systems, machines are now capable of not only producing...

Machine learning fairness enhancement methods based on data bias correction are usually divided into two processes: The determination of sensitive attributes (such as race and gender) and the correction of data bias. In terms of determining sensitive attributes, existing studies...

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...