scholarly journals Autonomous vehicles and the law: technology, algorithms and ethics

Author(s):  
Petros Terzis
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2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Channon ◽  
Lucy McCormick ◽  
Kyriaki Noussia
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2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 415-421
Author(s):  
Veronika Žolnerčíková

Lim, Y. H. (2018) Autonomous Vehicles and the Law: Technology, Algorithms and Ethics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 147 p.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-124
Author(s):  
Cassiano Highton

Abstract The way of understanding the law has changed substantially over time and the law of Torts as we have studied and dealt with it until now has evidently become outdated, the legal reality has moved away from the factual reality, we are facing the new paradigms of the digital and technological revolution, with an evident and clear distancing from the classical theories of the law of Torts, a context that requires a specific and updated approach to the subject.


2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN HARRIS

Abstract:In a recent paper in Nature1 entitled The Moral Machine Experiment, Edmond Awad, et al. make a number of breathtakingly reckless assumptions, both about the decisionmaking capacities of current so-called “autonomous vehicles” and about the nature of morality and the law. Accepting their bizarre premise that the holy grail is to find out how to obtain cognizance of public morality and then program driverless vehicles accordingly, the following are the four steps to the Moral Machinists argument:1)Find out what “public morality” will prefer to see happen.2)On the basis of this discovery, claim both popular acceptance of the preferences and persuade would-be owners and manufacturers that the vehicles are programmed with the best solutions to any survival dilemmas they might face.3)Citizen agreement thus characterized is then presumed to deliver moral license for the chosen preferences.4)This yields “permission” to program vehicles to spare or condemn those outside the vehicles when their deaths will preserve vehicle and occupants.This paper argues that the Moral Machine Experiment fails dramatically on all four counts.


2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-200
Author(s):  
Marek Swierczynski ◽  
Łukasz Żarnowiec

The authors examine the problem of the law applicable to liability for damages due to traffic accidents involving autonomous vehicles. Existing conflict-of-laws regulation adopted in the Rome II Regulation and both Hague Conventions of 1971 and 1973 is criticized. Upon examination of these legal instruments, it becomes clear that existing regulation is very complex and complicated. In effect authors recommend revisions to the legal framework. Proposed solutions are balanced and take into consideration both the interests of the injured persons, as well the persons claimed to be liable. New approach allows for more individual consideration of specific cases and direct to better outcome of the disputes. The findings may be useful in handling the cases related to use of algorithms of artificial intelligence in private international law.


2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 719-734
Author(s):  
Natalie Klein ◽  
Douglas Guilfoyle ◽  
Md Saiful Karim ◽  
Rob McLaughlin

AbstractThe ongoing development of diverse maritime autonomous vehicles for varied ocean activities—ranging from scientific research, security surveillance, transportation of goods, military purposes and commission of crimes—is prompting greater consideration of how existing legal frameworks accommodate these vehicles. This article brings together the core legal issues, as well as current developments in relation to commercial shipping, the law of naval warfare, and maritime security. This article captures how these issues are now being addressed and what other legal questions will likely emerge as the newest technology impacts on one of the oldest bodies of international law.


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