Legal Regulation, Technological Management and the Future of Human Agency.

This article examines the role of human agency within two competing regulatory paradigms: law and technological management. It sketches both paradigms and suggests that the direction of regulatory travel in familiar jurisdictions is from the former towards the latter. It then examines the possible e...

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Publicado en:Oxford Journal of Legal Studies Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 55 - 81
Autor principal: Lucy, William
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Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Spring2025
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