Artificial Intelligence and the Law

This comprehensive volume examines the complex intersection of artificial intelligence, legal frameworks, ethics, and human rights in contemporary society. Structured into five thematic units with thirteen expert contributions, the book explores AI's application in legal systems, ethical challenges, human rights implications, regulatory frameworks, and intellectual property considerations. The work addresses critical issues including algorithmic bias, deepfakes, data privacy, criminal liability of AI systems, and AI-generated content ownership. Contributors provide doctrinal analysis, comparative law perspectives, and policy critiques, with particular focus on Indian legal contexts, European Union regulatory approaches, and international best practices. The volume serves as an essential resource for understanding how AI is reshaping governance, individual freedoms, and legal practice, emphasizing the necessity of balancing technological advancement with ethical responsibility and legal clarity in the digital age. The volume will be of interest to practitioners of cyber law and law enforcement professionals working on cyber crime, and policymakers. It will also be of interest to scholars and researchers of law, ethics, philosophy and public policy.

Simmi Virk (Dr.) is currently serving as an Associate Professor in the Department of Law at JIMS Engineering Management Technical Campus (JIMS EMTC), Greater Noida, affiliated with GGSIPU, Delhi, where she has been associated since August 2023. Prior to this, she served as Assistant Professor at Amity Law School, Delhi (Noida) for more than six years and earlier held the position of Assistant Professor-cum-Head of Department at CPJ College of Higher Studies & School of Law, Delhi, demonstrating strong academic leadership and administrative competence.Dr. Virk completed her Ph.D. in Law from Kurukshetra University, where she was awarded a University Research Scholarship Dr. Virk has authored a substantial body of research, including a well-received book titled Information Technology Law (Central Law Publications, 2022). She has contributed numerous research papers to refereed and peer-reviewed national and international journals, and authored chapters in edited volumes published by leading publishers such as Bloomsbury and Bar & Bench Publications.