The Laws of Robots Crimes, Contracts, and Torts /

• Main Author: Pagallo, Ugo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Law, Governance and Technology Series ; 10
• Subjects: Law.; Ethics.; Artificial intelligence.; Computers.; Law and legislation.; Law > Philosophy.; Civil law.; Criminal law.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Legal Aspects of Computing.; Criminal Law.; Civil Law.

This book explores how the design, construction, and use of robotics technology may affect today’s legal systems and, more particularly, matters of responsibility and agency in criminal law, contractual obligations, and torts. By distinguishing between the behaviour of robots as tools of human inter...

Table of Contents:

• Table of Contants
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 - On Law, Philosophy and Technology
• Chapter 2 - Crimes
• Chapter 3 - Contracts
• Chapter 4 - Torts
• Chapter 5 - Law as Meta-Technology
• Conclusions
• References.