Law, Technology and Dispute Resolution: Privatisation of Coercion

Law, Technology and Dispute Resolution: Privatisation of Coercion

Computer Science, Economics, Finance, Business & Industry, Engineering & Technology, Law, Social Sciences

The use of new information and communication technologies both inside the courts and in private online dispute resolution services is quickly changing everyday conflict management. However, the implications of the increasingly disruptive role of technology in dispute resolution remain largely undiscussed. In this book, assistant professor of law and digitalisation Riikka Koulu examines the multifaceted phenomenon of dispute resolution technology, focusing specifically on private enforcement, which modern technology enables on an unforeseen scale. The increase in private enforcement confounds legal structures and challenges the nation-state’s monopoly on violence. And, in this respect, the author argues that the technology-driven privatisation of enforcement – from direct enforcement of e-commerce platforms to self-executing smart contracts in the blockchain – brings the ethics of law’s coercive nature out into the open. This development constitutes a new, and dangerous, grey area of conflict management, which calls for transparency and public debate on the ethical implications of dispute resolution technology.

Riikka Koulu

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781315149479/law-technology-dispute-resolution-riikka-koulu?context=ubx&refId=3b536aad-604a-4004-a00c-639d2d0c7873

Routledge

11 October 2018

Andri Yanti

Creative Commons

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English

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DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315149479

eBook ISBN 9781315149479