Artificial Intelligence and the Law: Cybercrime and Criminal Liability. By Dennis J. Baker and Paul H. Robinson (Routledge, 2021, 280pp. £120 hb)
Zhuozhen Duan · The British Journal of Criminology · 2021
This is a timely collection of research. It explores various topical issues concerning the application of emerging digital technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), in particular, cybercrime, and the law, which are beyond those ever raised prior to the digital age and in need of innovative legal thoughts. Notably, this collection presents cross-jurisdictional research by including a set of studies either on Chinese law or the common law context. As China is one of the leading countries in digital technologies, the studies on cybercrime and regulation in China provide a valuable resource, and some of the issues studied are also of potential relevance to other jurisdictions. The book opens with an overview of the issues studied within it. Lord Hodge’s chapter then acknowledges the benefits of ‘Fintech’ that contribute to a more efficient financial system and examines challenges brought by digital technologies. The current legal framework offers very limited assistance, and therefore...