Human-Robot Interaction in Law and Its Narratives: Legal Blame, Procedure, and Criminal Law
HUMAN–ROBOT INTERACTION IN LAW AND ITS NARRATIVES: Legal Blame, Procedure, and Criminal Law
This edited volume collects academic analyses regarding the challenges that human-robot interactions pose to substantive criminal law, procedural law, and legal narratives. It explores issues such as the legal responsibility of programmers and surgeons, corporate criminal responsibility, evidence generated by autonomous and automated systems, and the rhetorical and narrative frameworks used to understand these technologies.
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Who issued it
Who it governs
Legal scholars, criminal law practitioners, researchers, and policy-makers seeking to understand the intersections of robotics, artificial intelligence, and criminal law.
What the document contains
The document addresses substantive criminal law liability regarding programmers, surgeons, and corporations in the context of robotic technologies; procedural issues including evidence, data, and constitutional rights; and legal narratives and rhetoric concerning human-robot interaction.
It does not provide a definitive legislative framework or a binding code of conduct, but rather offers academic scholarly essays examining open questions and doctrinal challenges.
- Traditional criminal law and legal systems are unprepared for the specific challenges posed by human-robot interactions.
- Assigning criminal responsibility to human actors such as programmers, supervisors, or corporate entities involves complex problems of causation and foreseeability.
- Robot-generated evidence and evaluative data require new taxonomies and procedural safeguards to ensure a fair and accurate trial.
- Human psychological tendencies, such as anthropomorphism, significantly influence how people perceive and evaluate automated systems.
- Legal narratives and hermeneutics shape how courts and publics conceptualize the role of robots in daily life and legal disputes.
· Part I: Human-Robot Interactions and Substantive Law · Part II: Human-Robot Interactions and Procedural Law · Part III: Human-Robot Interactions and Legal Narrative
How it scores
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Accountability
3/5Clear responsibility for AI outcomes
When human–robot interaction results in harm, who or what is responsible?
Introduction
screening score · 2026-10-23
Fairness
0/5Non-discrimination and equitable treatment
N/A
screening score · 2026-10-23
Human Dignity
1/5Respect for the inherent worth of persons
criminal justice issues related to the digitization of our living environment as well as on human rights in transnational criminal law
About the Editors
screening score · 2026-10-23
Human Oversight
3/5Humans remain in control of consequential decisions
the debate on how criminal law should respond to the integration of robots in everyday life
Foreword
screening score · 2026-10-23
Privacy
2/5Protection of personal data and private life
Part II addresses procedural issues raised by human–robot interactions, including evidentiary problems arising out of data generated by robots monitoring humans, and issues of reliability and privacy.
Introduction
screening score · 2026-10-23
Transparency
0/5Openness about how AI systems work and are used
N/A
screening score · 2026-10-23
Enforcement
0/5Consequences and compliance mechanisms with real force
N/A
screening score · 2026-10-23
Impact Assessment
0/5Required assessment of an AI system's risks/impacts before or during use
N/A
screening score · 2026-10-23