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The European Artificial Intelligence Act: Promises and Perils?

The European Artificial Intelligence Act: Promises and Perils?

Author: Vera Lucia Raposo
Publisher: Springer International
ISBN: 9783031984051

Published In: October 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Switzerland ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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The legal and regulatory landscape for artificial intelligence is shifting, and this is the book that will equip you to navigate it with clarity and authority.

Gathering contributions from leading experts in the field, this edited volume provides one of the first in-depth examinations of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) in its final form. It is not a mere commentary. Rather, it delivers a critical and structured analysis of how the AI Act will reconfigure the governance of digital technologies in Europe and beyond.

The chapters engage closely with the legal text, unpacking its architecture, regulatory logic, and underlying normative choices. Key elements of the framework - ranging from high-risk systems and prohibited practices to conformity assessments and the institutional role of national authorities - are examined in detail, with an eye to both doctrinal coherence and regulatory practice.

Importantly, the volume situates the AI Act within the broader EU legal landscape, exploring its intersection with instruments such as the General Data Protection Regulation, the Medical Devices Regulation, and other sector-specific regimes. In doing so, it exposes synergies, tensions, and unresolved questions that will shape implementation and enforcement.

The analysis is not confined to the European context. Dedicated chapters on the approaches adopted in non-EU jurisdictions provide a comparative dimension, highlighting both shared concerns and diverging regulatory philosophies. The result is a richer understanding of where global AI governance may be heading and how fragmented or coordinated it might become.

Designed for legal scholars, practitioners, regulators, and policy experts, this book is more than a reference: it is an indispensable guide to the law that will define Europe's approach to artificial intelligence for years to come.

Part I - General framework of the AIA

Ethics First? On the EU Approach to AI Governance

The EU's common values (Art 2 EU-Treaty) as the underlying philosophy of the AI Act

Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Rights: under the European legal eye

Part II - The AI Act's content

Definition of AI.- Appraising the InstitutionalFramework of the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act)

Prohibited Artificial Intelligence Practices Revisited

High-risk AI systems

Regulating Non-High-Risk AI Systems under the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act, with Special Focus on the Role of Soft Law

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems not covered by the AI Regulation

Enforcing the AI Act in a composite EU administration

Regulatory sandboxes for trustworthy AI - An EU framework for experimenting AI systems and fostering agile regulation