'Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach' by Ryan Calo explores how emerging technologies—like AI, data systems, and robotics—challenge existing legal frameworks and force us to rethink how law protects people in a digital society.

Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach

By Ryan Calo

  • Step-by-step approach to the legal analysis and regulation of technology

  • Roadmap for scholarship or the basis of classroom teaching

  • Challenges common misconceptions about regulating technology, such as that technology moves too fast to be regulated

  • Written by a renowned expert in law and technology with decades of research and practice in both areas

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Author Ryan Calo has experience in law and technology, privacy, artificial Intelligence, and robotics.

About the author

Law and Technology — Privacy — Artificial Intelligence — Robotics

Ryan Calo is the Lane Powell and D. Wayne Gittinger Professor at the University of Washington School of Law, where he specializes in law and emerging technology. He holds joint and adjunct appointments across the university and is widely recognized for his scholarship on privacy, robotics, and artificial intelligence. His work has appeared in leading academic and technical publications, informed national policy through Senate testimony, and garnered media attention both nationally and internationally. A former law clerk and practicing attorney, Calo combines legal expertise with a strong interdisciplinary approach to technology policy.

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