Future law

• Autores: Richard Fisher
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2934, 2013, págs. 40-43
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Whenever technology has changed human capabilities, the law has had to adapt. Sometimes laws have been rendered dysfunctional or even lidiculous. As the first aircraft took off in the early 20th century, for example, US law stated that an individual's property rights encompassed the sky directly above their homes. That meant planes were soon routinely trespassing, and claimants rushed to court to make a fast buck. Judges were eventually forced to deem airspace a "public highway". Given that technology has rubbed up against the rule of law for millennia, it is curious that when people imagine the future--be it a world of intelligent robots or routine space travel--a realistic picture of law's role is seldom considered by anyone but the most dedicated science-fiction writers. Here, Fisher discusses the aspects of future law in a world awash with robots, teleports and self-driving cars.