TY - CHAP
T1 - The Growing Gap Between Emerging Technologies and the Law
AU - Marchant, Gary E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2011, Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Emerging technologies are developing at an ever accelerating pace, whereas legal mechanisms for potential oversight are, if anything, slowing down. Legislation is often gridlocked, regulation is frequently ossified, and judicial proceedings are sometimes described as proceeding at a glacial pace. There are two consequences of this mismatch between the speeds of technology and law. First, some problems are overseen by regulatory frameworks that are increasingly obsolete and outdated. Second, other problems lack any meaningful oversight altogether. To address this growing gap between law and regulation, new legal tools, approaches and mechanisms will be needed. Business as usual will not suffice.
AB - Emerging technologies are developing at an ever accelerating pace, whereas legal mechanisms for potential oversight are, if anything, slowing down. Legislation is often gridlocked, regulation is frequently ossified, and judicial proceedings are sometimes described as proceeding at a glacial pace. There are two consequences of this mismatch between the speeds of technology and law. First, some problems are overseen by regulatory frameworks that are increasingly obsolete and outdated. Second, other problems lack any meaningful oversight altogether. To address this growing gap between law and regulation, new legal tools, approaches and mechanisms will be needed. Business as usual will not suffice.
KW - Emerging technologies
KW - Law and technology
KW - Legal reform
KW - Technology acceleration
KW - Technology regulation
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U2 - 10.1007/978-94-007-1356-7_2
DO - 10.1007/978-94-007-1356-7_2
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85098086353
T3 - International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology
SP - 19
EP - 33
BT - International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology
PB - Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
ER -