AI & Law: Legal Micro-Directives

Some predict the emergence of AI-enabled legal micro-directives

by Dr. Lance B. Eliot

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Key briefing points about this article:

• Legal scholars have proposed that we might inevitably make use of legal micro-directives
• A legal micro-directive is a legal rule that goes beyond today’s limited paper-based realm
• Envision a legal rule that is computer-based and able to be made available when needed
• In addition, ramp-up the computer-enablement by adding Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the mix
• This bodes for an era in which the law is smartly conveyed in real-time and decidedly on-point

Introduction

Legal scholars have been discussing with great intensity the possibility of a coming emergence of so-called legal micro-directives. As will be described herein, a legal micro-directive is essentially a legal rule that is enlivened by being computer-based and inevitably AI-powered (note: not everyone necessarily agrees on this particular definition, so please be aware that other variants exist).