The Cambridge Handbook of Private Law and Artificial Intelligence

Book Launch

The Cambridge Handbook of Private Law and Artificial Intelligence

20 November 2024

AI appears to disrupt key private law doctrines, and threatens to undermine some of the principal rights protected by private law. The social changes prompted by AI may also generate significant new challenges for private law. It is thus likely that AI will lead to new developments in private law. This Cambridge Handbook is the first dedicated treatment of the interface between AI and private law, and the challenges that AI poses for private law. This Handbook brings together a global team of private law experts and computer scientists to deal with this problem, and to examine the interface between private law and AI, which includes issues such as whether existing private law can address the challenges of AI and whether and how private law needs to be reformed to reduce the risks of AI while retaining its benefits. More information about the book is available HERE.

Topics and Speakers (listed in alphabetical order):

Competition Law
Professor Thomas Cheng, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

Explainable AI and Private Law
Professor Ernest Lim, Vice Dean (Faculty Development), Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

Consumer Protection Law
Professor Jeannie Marie Paterson, Director, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, Melbourne Law School

Commercial Dispute Resolution
Justice Anselmo Reyes, Former Judge, Court of First Instance, Hong Kong; International Judge, Singapore International Commercial Court

Commentator: The Honourable Mr Justice Godfrey Lam, Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, HKSAR

Moderator: Professor Emily Lee, Director, Asian Institute of International Financial Law, Faculty of Law, HKU

Enquiries: Flora Leung at aiiflhku@hku.hk