The first guardians against unwanted consequences of the algorithmic revolution are legislators. The importance of regulatory initiatives by central authorities must not be overlooked. States have the primary responsibility to protect fundamental freedoms under the public international law obligations that they have undertaken by signing and ratifying human rights treaties. As is illustrated by the

In a 2017 report on ethical matters raised by algorithms, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL, “Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés”) stated “The algorithm without data is blind. Data without algorithms is dumb”.1 We are about to understand how true this assertion is. In judicial processes, the main threat posed by automation is

Digitalisation, on the one hand, and automation, on the other hand, can greatly help speed up trial proceedings: documents can be scanned by algorithms to verify their authenticity, or to make sure that every party has access to the same documentation. Furthermore, automated processes can reduce the amount of time spent by lawyers on document-review

What are the benefits and tensions that automation can bring into the legal sphere, and how are the British and French legal systems managing these challenges while accounting for the rapid evolution of technology without encroaching on their fundamental legal principles? The term “artificial intelligence” (AI) was coined in 1979 by computer scientist John McCarthy1

Abstract di Caterina Barberi Legal tech, but more generally automated systems, can pose real threats to the current values of justice. The risks of careless and unverified automation are similar or even potentially more severe than those encountered in the traditionally slow, costly, and unsatisfactory (sometimes even unfair?) justice systems. In addition, algorithmic discrimination is