1st Edition

Law, Technology and Governance

By Roger Brownsword Copyright 2026
314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge

This book argues that law, regulation, and technology can be understood as particular kinds of governance projects, and their credentials assessed according to an overarching concept of good governance. The book introduces the ideas of ‘governance by law’ and ‘governance by regulation’ as particular types of projects within a constellation of governance projects–some normative, some... Read more

Preface

 

1. Introductory Overview

 

Part One: Governance Projects

2. Governance: The Constellation, the Clusters, and the Projects

3. The Governance Matrix

4. Good Governance and Why it Matters

 

Part Two:  Governance Problems

5. Problems for Legal Governance Projects

6. Technological Disruption I

7. Problems for Legal and Regulatory Governance of Technology

8. Technological Disruption II

9. Problems for Ethical Governance Projects

10. Technological Disruption III

11. Problems for Governance by Technology

 

Part Three: Governance Prospects

12. Governance Prospects: Threats, Optimists, and Pessimists

13. Responses

14. Governance Institutions

15. Foundational Governance

 

16. Concluding Remarks

 

 

 

Biography

Roger Brownsword is Professor of Law at Kings College, London, and at Bournemouth University.