1st Edition

Law Beyond Code Technology and the Future of Normativity

By Tommaso Gazzolo Copyright 2027
104 Pages
by Routledge

104 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores one of the most pressing questions of our time: What happens to law when technological systems—algorithms, smart contracts, digital platforms—begin to regulate our lives as effectively as, or even more effectively than, traditional legal rules? While many scholars have framed this debate in terms of efficiency, compliance, and enforcement, this book takes a step back to ask a... Read more

Introduction 1. Cyberlaw. A New Approach 2. Law and Neuropolitics 3. Technology and Legal Norms 4. Conclusion

Biography

Tommaso Gazzolo is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Law at the University of Sassari. His work is situated within general legal theory and focuses in particular on the concept of law and the relationship between being and ought-to-be. His research also addresses the ontology of legal institutions, the nature of legal normativity, and the relationship between law and technology. Alongside these theoretical concerns, he has published extensively on the history of modern legal thought, with particular reference to authors such as Hans Kelsen, Carl Schmitt, G.W.F. Hegel, Immanuel Kant, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke. More recently, his work has focused on the transformation of law in the context of digital technologies, algorithmic regulation, and artificial intelligence, exploring the conditions under which law can retain its normative autonomy in technologically mediated societies. His research combines systematic legal philosophy with close engagement with the history of legal and political thought.