Robótica, cine y derecho

La robótica, en particular la que tiene figura humana –androide- se muestra como un ámbito de desarrollo presente y futuro. Desde la Unión Europea se estudia la futura regulación de las cuestiones éticas y jurídicas que inciden en la robótica en su relación con el ser humano. Se pretende una regulación que persiga la protección de todas las personas que interactúen con robots. El estudio de la evolución de la imagen del robot es mucho más antiguo que su regulación, y está presente en prácticamente todas las disciplinas artísticas. En la cinematografía, en particular, la robótica es una temática recurrente dentro del ámbito de la ciencia ficción. En el artículo se presenta un estudio de la imagen y categoría ética del robot cinematográfico desde los orígenes del cine; analizando su visión desde el ser humano. En dicha evolución se observa el gran peso de la imagen androide, que genera respeto, miedo, incertidumbre; frente a los robots máquinas. Tras el estudio de la evolución de la imagen del robot resulta posible enfrentar con mayor claridad los retos jurídicos que se afrontan. La imagen del robot es fundamental; y más aún en los colectivos necesitados de una protección especial. Ello puede llevar a concluir la necesidad de controlar la imagen del robot y su semejanza con el ser humano en los supuestos de interacción con sujetos necesitados de protección, que no distingan fácilmente realidad de ficción, por razón de edad o de limitaciones físicas temporales o permanentes. Robotics, in particular that which has a human figure -android- is shown as a sphere of present and future development. The European Union studies the future regulation of ethical and legal issues that affect robotics in its relationship with human beings. The aim is to regulate the protection of all people who interact with robots. The study of the evolution of the image of the robot is much older than its regulation, and is present in virtually all artistic disciplines. In cinematography, in particular, robotics is a recurring theme within the field of science fiction. The article presents a study of the image and ethical category of the cinematographic robot from the origins of cinema; Analyzing his vision from the human being. In this evolution the great weight of the android image is observed, which generates respect, fear, uncertainty; in front of the robots machines. After studying the evolution of the robot's image, it is possible to face with greater clarity the legal challenges that are faced. The image of the robot is fundamental; and even more so in groups in need of special protection. This may lead to the conclusion of the need to control the image of the robot and its resemblance to the human being in the cases of interaction with subjects in need of protection, who do not easily distinguish reality from fiction, due to age or temporary or permanent physical limitations .

The Study of National Preference Formation in Times of the Euro Crisis and Beyond

The aim of its introduction is threefold: We start from a conceptual clarification of preference formation, defining it provisionally as a political process ‘by which social actors decide what they want and what to pursue’. After an analysis of different conceptual and theoretical approaches, the introduction offers a critique of liberal intergovernmentalism, one of the major explanatory frameworks of preference formation in European Union studies. This critique centres on the context in which national preference formation took place during the European Monetary Union crisis. This special issue argues that the conceptualisation of preference formation as state-based, unidirectional and unchanged by the regime is deeply problematic. Preference formation is typically messy and non-linear and rarely closed to the possibility that both preferences and positions may change, sometimes radically, it is even more complex, context-sensitive, and open to a wide range of influences in a multi-level system such as the European Union. In other words, the traditional understanding of preference formation as a purely domestic process of interest aggregation and competition require revision given the multiple factors that shape preferences in general and in the interdependent policy-making of the European Union in particular.

European Union Studies as a Tributary of Global Policy and Transnational Administration

The study of European Union (EU) governance and policy making processes, as well as its impact upon member states and beyond, can be inspiring for the development of theoretical propositions on global policy and transnational administration, and vice versa. For a long time, the EU has been perceived as a unique governance structure because it is neither a federal state nor an intergovernmental international organization and thus new models and concepts have been developed in order to analyse it. The aim of this chapter is to outline some of the most influential conceptual frameworks (e.g. multi-level governance, EU networks analysis, and Europeanization) in EU studies and to show how they can be translated into useful analytical frameworks for the analysis of global policy and transnational administration. The literature on the role of the EU as a global actor is also reviewed since it directly connects the European and global levels of analysis.

A Theoretical Insight Into the Multi-Level Governance

Multi-level governance has been described as an updated form of governance that began in the early 1990s. The traditional distinction between domestic and foreign politics was eliminated in the same period. This study aims at clarifying the concept of multi-level governance in both the Europeanization literature and the European Union studies. The research question is, What are the definitions, dynamics, characteristics of multi-level governance in both the Europeanization literature and the European Union studies? In methodology, it is a theoretical study that remains on literature review.