Human–Robot Interaction in Law and Its Narratives: Legal Blame, Procedure, and Criminal Law

Author: Sabine Gless; Helena Whalen-Bridge
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781009431484
Published In: October 2025
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Robots are with us, but law and legal systems are not ready. This book identifies the issues posed by human-robot interactions in substantive law, procedural law, and law's narratives, and suggests how to address them. When human-robot interaction results in harm, who or what is responsible? Part I addresses substantive law, including the issues raised by attempts to impose criminal liability on different actors. And when robots perceive aspects of an alleged crime, can they be called as a sort of witness? Part II addresses procedural issues raised by human-robot interactions, including evidentiary problems arising out of data generated by robots monitoring humans, and issues of reliability and privacy. Beyond the standard fare of substantive and procedural law, and in view of the conceptual quandaries posed by robots, Part III offers chapters on narrative and rhetoric, suggesting different ways to understand human-robot interactions, and how to develop coherent frameworks to do that.

Introduction

Part I. Human–Robot Interactions and Substantive Law

1. The Challenges of Human–Robot Interaction for Substantive Criminal Law: Mapping the Field Tatjana Hörnle

2. Are Programmers in or out of Control? The Individual Criminal Responsibility of Programmers of Autonomous Weapons and Self-Driving Cars Marta Bo

3. Trusting Robots – Limiting Due Diligence Obligations in Robot-Assisted Surgery under Swiss Criminal Law Janneke de Snaijer

4. Forms of Robot Liability: Criminal Robots and Corporate Criminal Responsibility Thomas Weigend

Part II. Human–Robot Interactions and Procedural Law

5. Introduction to Human–Robot Interaction and Procedural Issues in Criminal Justice Sabine Gless

6. Human Psychology and Robot Evidence in the Courtroom, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Agency Proceedings Sara Sun Beale and Hayley Lawrence

7. Principles to Govern Regulation of Digital and Machine Evidence Andrea Roth

8. Robot Testimony? A Taxonomy and Standardized Approach to the Use of Evaluative Data in Criminal Proceedings Emily Silverman, Sabine Gless and Jörg Arnold

9. Digital Evidence Generated by Consumer Products: The Defense Perspective Erin Murphy

10. Data as Evidence in Criminal Courts: Comparing Legal Frameworks and Actual Practices Bart Custers and Lonneke Stevens

11. Reconsidering Two United States Constitutional Doctrines: Fourth Amendment Standing and the State Agency Requirement in a World of Robots David Gray

Part III. Human-Robot Interactions and Legal Narrative

12. Narrative Approaches to Human–Robot Interaction and the Law Helena Whalen-Bridge

13. The Case of the 'Stupid' Robot Frode Helmich Pedersen

14. Inevitable or Not? Narrative Arguments Regarding Autonomous Vehicles in Singapore Helena Whalen-Bridge

15. 'The knowledge of causes and the secret motions of things': The Interdisciplinary and Doctrinal Challenges of Automated Driving Systems and Criminal Law Jeanne Gaakeer