Focusing on the liability of artificial intelligence systems, this book presents a comprehensive legal theory addressing their roles as perpetrators, accomplices, or tools in criminal offenses. It draws upon existing criminal law frameworks prevalent in contemporary legal systems, exploring how these frameworks can adapt to the complexities introduced by AI technologies. The work aims to provide clarity on accountability and legal responsibility in the context of evolving AI capabilities.
Focusing on the principle of legality in criminal law, this scientific treatise examines its relationship with the broader theory of criminal law. It provides clear, definitive rules aimed at both legal practitioners and scholars, enhancing understanding and application of this fundamental principle in the field.
This groundbreaking work establishes the first set of standards for assessing the criminal liability of artificial intelligence technologies. It explores the complexities of attributing responsibility in cases involving AI, addressing legal, ethical, and technological implications. By examining current legal frameworks and proposing a structured approach, the book aims to guide policymakers, legal professionals, and technologists in navigating the challenges posed by AI in the context of criminal law.
Focusing on the complexities of derivative criminal liability, this book explores various aspects such as inchoate offenses, complicity, and organized crime. It addresses the lack of a universal legal theory in this field, aiming to establish a comprehensive and practical framework. The work is designed to aid courts, legal professionals, and students in effectively applying this theory in real-world scenarios, enhancing their understanding and practice of modern criminal law.
This book challenges the assumptions of modern criminal law that insanity is a natural, legally and medically defined phenomenon (covering a range of medical disorders). By doing so, it paves the way for a new perspective on insanity and can serve as the basis for a new approach to insanity in modern criminal law. The book covers the following aspects: the structure of the principle of fault in modern criminal law, the development of the insanity defense in criminal law, tangential in personam defenses in criminal law and their implications for insanity and the legal mechanism of reproduction of fault. The focus is on the Anglo-American and European-Continental legal systems. Given the attention consistently drawn by international and domestic events in this context, the book will be of interest to a broad and growing international audience.
Does an offender have the right to be punished? "The right to be punished" may sound like an oxymoron, but it is not necessarily so. With the emergence of modern criminal law, the offender gained the right to be punished by rational criminal law rather than being lynched by an angry mob. The present-day offender may have the right to be punished by doctrinal sentencing rather than being subjected to verdicts based on vague, unclear, and uncertain principles. In modern criminal law, the imposition of criminal liability follows accurate and strict rules, whereas there are no similar rules for the imposition of punishment. The process of sentencing is vague and obscure, as are the considerations used for the imposition of punishments. The objective of the present book is to propose a comprehensive, general, and legally sophisticated theory of modern doctrinal sentencing. The challenges of such a legal theory are plenty and complex. In addition to increasing clarity and certainty, modern doctrinal sentencing must deal with modern types of delinquency (e.g. organized crime, recidivism, corporate offenders, high-tech offenses, etc.) and modern principles of criminal law. Modern doctrinal sentencing must serve to ensure optimal sentencing.
