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R2dford: Autonomous Vehicles And The Legal Implications Of Varying Liability Structures, Alexander P. Herd
R2dford: Autonomous Vehicles And The Legal Implications Of Varying Liability Structures, Alexander P. Herd
Alexander P Herd
The World Health Organization estimates that by 2030, traffic accidents will be the fifth leading cause of death in the world. Thus when Google announced that it had designed an autonomous car which could reduce traffic accidents by as much as ninety percent, there was cause for excitement. Some states have already started legislation to permit the use of autonomous cars in anticipation of the release later this decade. Courts and lawmakers need to consider who will be liable when the car that drives itself crashes. Standards used in aviation and naval cases regarding auto-pilot can be applied to the …
The Surveillance Society And The Third-Party Privacy Problem, Shaun Spencer
The Surveillance Society And The Third-Party Privacy Problem, Shaun Spencer
Shaun Spencer
This article examines a question that has become increasingly important in the emerging surveillance society: should the law treat information as private even though others know about it? This is the third-party privacy problem. Part I explores two competing conceptions of privacy: the binary and contextual conceptions. Part II describes two features of the emerging surveillance society that should change the way we address the third-party privacy problem. One feature, “surveillance on demand,” results from exponential increases in data collection and aggregation. The other feature, “uploaded lives,” reflects a revolution in the type and amount of information that we share …