AI & Law: The Next Era Of The Law

Speculating about the next era of the law, which undoubtedly includes AI

by Dr. Lance B. Eliot

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Key briefing points about this article:

• American history and American law are joined at the hip and are worth jointly studying
• Legal scholars suggest that there have been three major eras of the law in the U.S.
• The three eras are known as (1) Age of discovery, (2) Age of faith, and (3) Age of Anxiety
• Questions arise as to what the next and thus fourth era will be
• Among the hypothesized next eras is the possibility of AI in the law as a key ingredient

Introduction

Past, present, and the future. We need to make sure we mindfully assess the past, gleaning lessons learned, of which we can potentially leverage those identified insights into our present day, and meanwhile be accordingly making sharper plans for the future.

All of those suggestions apply to the history of the law. Indeed, American history is inextricably intertwined with the history of American law. Akin to two beams of…