Artificial Intelligence and the Law

This textbook offers a starting point for the education of attorneys and other legal professionals about the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the law, as well as a forum for discussing artificial intelligence's legal and ethical concerns. Intended for classroom use, this book will help students, legal professionals and policymakers alike. AI is swiftly transforming the world, including the legal system. Legal applications to areas such as ethics, human rights, climate change, labor law, health, social protection, inequality, lethal autonomous weapons, the criminal justice system and autonomous vehicles, contract drafting, legal investigation, criminal analysis and evidence investigation, utilize AI. As AI becomes more sophisticated, its impact on the law will likely increase.

Tshilidzi Marwala is the Rector of the United Nations (UN) University and UN Under-Secretary-General. He was previously Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg. He holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Cambridge. He researches AI and its interface with society.

Letlhokwa George Mpedi is the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg (UJ). He previously served as a Dean of Law at UJ and a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute in Germany. He holds a Doctor of Laws from UJ. His research focuses on labor law and technology's legal interface.