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Legal Innovation

Legal Innovation
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Legal Innovation

Conversations about Technology, the Legal Profession and Societal Change
Editors:
Felix Steffek, University of Cambridge
Mihoko Sumida, Hitotsubashi University
Felix Steffek, Mihoko Sumida, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Hiroto Koda, Masato Fujita, Keisuke Takeshita, Hiroaki Yamada, Ludwig Bull, Holli Sargeant, Wojtek Buczynski, Ryutaro Ohara, Yuya Ishihara, Kazuhiro Yoshioka, Masahiro Saito, Mikiharu Noma, Kiyotaka Sasaki, Souichirou Kozuka, Takuya Izumi, Norichika Ikeda, Kiyotaka Sasaki, Akira Nozaki, Mari Sako, Masakazu Iwakura, Philip Scholz, Takashi Kikkawa, Tatyana Teplova, Maaike de Langen, Ignacio Tirado, Anna Veneziano, Keisuke Takeshita, Souichirou Kozuka
Published:
February 2025
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Format:
Hardback
ISBN:
9781009427357

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    Legal Innovation explores the impact of technology on the legal profession and societal change. Reflecting contributions from an international group of experts, the volume provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges and opportunities facing the legal profession today. With a particular focus on artificial intelligence, the book covers a wide range of topics, from dispute resolution and corporate governance to financial services and regulatory oversight. The conversational style of the chapters makes the content accessible while still maintaining academic rigor. This book is an essential read for policymakers, academics, lawyers, entrepreneurs, regulators and students who are interested in legal innovation and its impact on the legal profession as well as anyone interested in the intersection of law and technology. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

    • Introduces the readers to new developments in law and justice against the background of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain
    • Provides a multi- and interdisciplinary perspective including law, economics, society, entrepreneurship, justice and the environment
    • Available as Open Access on Cambridge Core

    Product details

    February 2025
    Hardback
    9781009427357
    262 pages
    235 × 158 × 19 mm
    0.52kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Preface Felix Steffek and Mihoko Sumida
    • List of figures
    • Foreword Kazuhiko Yamamoto
    • 1. Why innovate? Technological, Economic and Societal change from a Japanese perspective Hiroto Koda, Mihoko Sumida, Felix Steffek and Felix Steffek
    • 2. Dispute resolution transformed by Technology Felix Steffek, Mihoko Sumida, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Masato Fujita, Keisuke Takeshita and Hiroaki Yamada
    • 3. The Entrepreneur's perspective on innovation Ludwig Bull, Holli Sargeant, Wojtek Buczynski, Felix Steffek, Mihoko Sumida, Ryutaro Ohara and Yuya Ishihara
    • 4. What can we learn from the Okawa elementary school Tsunami litigation? Kazuhiro Yoshioka, Masahiro Saito, Mihoko Sumida, Felix Steffek, Mihoko Sumida and Mikiharu Noma
    • 5. Corporate Governance in the age of artificial intelligence Kiyotaka Sasaki, Souichirou Kozuka, Takuya Izumi, Felix Steffek and Mihoko Sumida
    • 6. Innovation in financial services and supervision Norichika Ikeda, Kiyotaka Sasaki, Akira Nozaki, Felix Steffek and Mihoko Sumida
    • 7. Artificial intelligence and legal services Mari Sako, Masakazu Iwakura, Felix Steffek and Mihoko Sumida
    • 8. Will digitalisation help the 5 Billion People without meaningful access to justice? Philip Scholz, Takashi Kikkawa, Tatyana Teplova, Maaike de Langen, Ignacio Tirado, Anna Veneziano, Keisuke Takeshita, Souichirou Kozuka, Felix Steffek and Mihoko Sumida
    • Epilogue: what is legal innovation? Felix Steffek and Mihoko Sumida.
      Contributors
    • Felix Steffek, Mihoko Sumida, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Hiroto Koda, Masato Fujita, Keisuke Takeshita, Hiroaki Yamada, Ludwig Bull, Holli Sargeant, Wojtek Buczynski, Ryutaro Ohara, Yuya Ishihara, Kazuhiro Yoshioka, Masahiro Saito, Mikiharu Noma, Kiyotaka Sasaki, Souichirou Kozuka, Takuya Izumi, Norichika Ikeda, Kiyotaka Sasaki, Akira Nozaki, Mari Sako, Masakazu Iwakura, Philip Scholz, Takashi Kikkawa, Tatyana Teplova, Maaike de Langen, Ignacio Tirado, Anna Veneziano, Keisuke Takeshita, Souichirou Kozuka

    • Editors
    • Felix Steffek , University of Cambridge

      Felix Steffek is Professor of Law at the University of Cambridge, Senior Member of Newnham College and Global Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame. He serves as Director of the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law and holds a J. M. Keynes Fellowship in Financial Economics.

    • Mihoko Sumida , Hitotsubashi University

      Mihoko Sumida holds a Research Professorship at Hitotsubashi University. Her work focusses on private law theory and the position of citizens in a changing society. Together with Shunsuke Kudo she has published the book Social Life with Robots (2018), which unpacks the legal challenges posed by technology.