Digisprudence: Code as Law Rebooted

Laurence Diver

book: Digisprudence: Code as Law Rebooted

Open Access Veröffentlicht von Edinburgh University Press 2022

Digisprudence: Code as Law Rebooted

Laurence Diver

In der Reihe Future Law

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474485340

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Reboots the debate on ‘code as law’ to present a new cross-disciplinary direction that sheds light on the fundamental issue of software legitimacy

Reinvigorates the debate at the intersection of legal theory, philosophy of technology, STS and design practice
Synthesises theories of legitimate legal rulemaking with practical knowledge of code production tools and practice
Proposes a set of affordances that can legitimise code in line with an ecological view of legality
Draws on contemporary technologies as case studies, examining blockchain applications and the Internet of Things

Laurence Diver combines insight from legal theory, philosophy of technology and programming practice to develop a new theoretical and practical approach to the design of legitimate software. The book critically engages with the rule(s) of code, arguing that, like laws, these should exhibit certain formal characteristics if they are to be acceptable in a democracy. The resulting digisprudential affordances translate ideas of legitimacy from legal philosophy into the world of code design, to be realised through the ‘constitutional’ role played by programming languages, integrated development environments (IDEs), and agile development practice. The text interweaves theory and practice throughout, including many insights into real-world technologies, as well as case studies on blockchain applications and the Internet of Things (IoT).

Whenever you use a smartphone, website, or IoT device, your behaviour is determined to a great extent by a designer. Their software code defines from the outset what is possible, with very little scope to interpret the meaning of those ‘rules’ or to contest them. How can this kind of control be acceptable in a democracy? If we expect legislators to respect values of legitimacy when they create the legal rules that govern our lives, shouldn’t we expect the same from the designers whose code has a much more direct rule over us?

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Frontmatter Öffentlich zugänglich PDF downloaden	i
Contents Öffentlich zugänglich PDF downloaden	v
Expanded Table of Contents Öffentlich zugänglich PDF downloaden	vi
Illustrations Öffentlich zugänglich PDF downloaden	xi
Acknowledgements Öffentlich zugänglich PDF downloaden	xii
1 Introduction Open Access PDF downloaden	1
Part I Computational Legalism and the Rule(s) of Code
2 A Design Perspective: Code is More than Law Open Access PDF downloaden	41
3 A Legal Philosophy Perspective: Code is Less than Law Open Access PDF downloaden	69
Part II What Makes a Good Rule?
4 Criteria for Laws Open Access PDF downloaden	109
5 Criteria for Code Open Access PDF downloaden	135
Part III Legitimating Code: Theory and Practice
6 The Digisprudential Affordances Open Access PDF downloaden	157
7 Operationalising Digisprudence Open Access PDF downloaden	207
8 Rebooting Code as Law: Conclusions and Next Steps Open Access PDF downloaden	231
Bibliography Open Access PDF downloaden	241
Index Open Access PDF downloaden	260

(English)

Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
Copyrightjahr: 2022
Zielgruppe: College/higher education;
Seiten
- Inhalt: 276
Abbildungen
- Weitere: 10 B/W illustrations; 2 B/W tables
Schlagworte: Law

eBook

Veröffentlicht: 9. Mai 2022
ISBN: 9781474485340