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- The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction and Setting the Stage for a Law of Algorithms
- Part II Business, Regulations, and Decision-Making with Algorithms
- 6 Algorithms and Contract Law
- 7 Algorithms, Agreements, and Agency
- 8 Algorithmic Governance and Administrative Law
- 9 Discrimination in the Age of Algorithms
- 10 Algorithmic Competition, Collusion, and Price Discrimination
- 11 The Rule of Law and Algorithmic Governance
- 12 Governance of Algorithms
- 13 From Rule of Law to Statute Drafting
- 14 Algorithmic Decision Systems
- 15 From Legal Sources to Programming Code
- Part III Intellectual Property and Algorithms
- Part IV Criminal Law, Tort Issues, and Algorithms
- Part V Constitutional Law, Human Rights, and Algorithms
- Part VI Applications and Future Directions of Law and Algorithms
- Index
12 - Governance of Algorithms
Rethinking Public Sector Use of Algorithms for Predictive Purposes
from Part II - Business, Regulations, and Decision-Making with Algorithms
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2020
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction and Setting the Stage for a Law of Algorithms
- Part II Business, Regulations, and Decision-Making with Algorithms
- 6 Algorithms and Contract Law
- 7 Algorithms, Agreements, and Agency
- 8 Algorithmic Governance and Administrative Law
- 9 Discrimination in the Age of Algorithms
- 10 Algorithmic Competition, Collusion, and Price Discrimination
- 11 The Rule of Law and Algorithmic Governance
- 12 Governance of Algorithms
- 13 From Rule of Law to Statute Drafting
- 14 Algorithmic Decision Systems
- 15 From Legal Sources to Programming Code
- Part III Intellectual Property and Algorithms
- Part IV Criminal Law, Tort Issues, and Algorithms
- Part V Constitutional Law, Human Rights, and Algorithms
- Part VI Applications and Future Directions of Law and Algorithms
- Index
Summary
In recent years, algorithms have been incorporated into practically every aspect of our lives. They have come to determine whether you will be approved for a mortgage – as well as the interest, how much you will pay for insurance, the likelihood you will commit a crime, the terms of your sentencing, and the number of police patrols in your neighborhood. It is therefore difficult to imagine a more important consideration than the manner in which we are comfortable with algorithms making these decisions. As their presence in our daily lives grows, attention must be paid to their influence on society. Without these conversations we will increasingly rely on this technology, and it will become more difficult to disentangle the legal and ethical pitfalls from systems that have become necessary in our daily lives.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms , pp. 233 - 250Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020