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Center for Law, AI and Robotics - University of Southern Denmark

The Future of Law in a World of Intelligent Systems

AI and robotics are shaping decisions and processes, and are interacting on our behalf. And the future impact is hard to predict. This reality brings enormous opportunities, but also complex legal and ethical challenges:

Who is accountable when an algorithm makes a mistake? How do we safeguard rights and ensure transparency in systems we increasingly depend on? How do we govern avatars? How does the increased use of automated systems affect the theoretical foundations for law? What should the lawyers of tomorrow know about AI and it’s influence on the legal sector ?

CLAIR – Center for Law, AI & Robotics is dedicated to answering these questions.

CLAIR is a leading hub for research and dialogue on the implications of Artificial Intelligence and robotics on law, the foundations of law, and the legal education. 

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Why CLAIR in law?

AI and robotics are inherently interdisciplinary, but law provides the normative foundation for how society and its public and private institutions are organised. It underpins governance, rights protection, accountability and societal coherence. For this reason, CLAIR is anchored in the field of law.

Legal theory, legal systems and a strong legal education form the basis for trustworthy and fair societal, technological and organisational development. It remains essential as technological change accelerates at unprecedented speed. Establishing a research centre grounded in law is therefore not only timely, but necessary. Anchoring the centre in law ensures.

 

 

  • Legal scholarship establishes enforceable standards and democratic legitimacy, ensuring that governance frameworks rest on law rather than policy preferences, public sentiment, or technical constraints.

  • Law translates ethical principles and technical insights into binding rules, making it indispensable for any regulatory approach to AI and robotics.

  • Legislators, courts and public authorities depend on legal expertise to interpret and apply existing rules to emerging technologies such as AI and robotics, as well as to implement new regulatory frameworks, including the EU AI Act.

  • Law is not merely a set of rules; it is a normative and philosophical system. AI challenges fundamental legal concepts - autonomy, responsibility and justice - and raises new questions about the role of law in society. A centre grounded in law is uniquely positioned to address these questions through jurisprudential and theoretical inquiry.

  • A law anchored centre can integrate technological, ethical and social scientific perspectives while maintaining law’s core normative function.

  • Legal education must evolve to prepare future legal professionals for an AI driven world. A law based centre can lead this transformation by integrating technological literacy, ethics and critical thinking into university curricula and professional programmes.