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The Cambridge Handbook of AI and Consumer Law

The Cambridge Handbook of AI and Consumer Law

The Cambridge Handbook of AI and Consumer Law

Comparative Perspectives
Larry A. DiMatteo, University of Florida
Cristina Poncibó, Université de Turin
Geraint Howells, National University of Ireland, Galway
October 2024
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    This comprehensive handbook delves into the intricate relationship between artificial intelligence, law, and government regulations in society and business. With a particular focus on consumer-centric issues, chapters analyze the benefits and challenges of the expanding influence of AI systems on consumers, while shedding light on the psychological impact and potential harm posed by AI. Readers will navigate the complexities of tort law and its application to harm caused by AI, explore the legal conundrums arising from consumers utilizing digital delegates as agents, and uncover the innovative ways AI can be harnessed to enforce consumer law. This work is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the implications of AI on the legal landscape, the future of the consumer marketplace, and the role of consumer law.

    • Explores the relationship between AI, law, and government regulations, focusing on consumer-centric issues
    • Examines the rise of the AI consumer marketplace, manipulation of consumer choice, and issues of liability for consumer harm
    • Features a comparative perspective on AI's transnational nature and governance including the potential role of using AI to enforce consumer law

    Reviews & endorsements

    ‘The rise of AI presents one of the biggest challenges which consumer law has had to face. This new work, gathering together the scholarship of leading academics working within law and a number of AI-related disciplines, offers an invaluable and fascinating guide to the complex landscape, one from which readers will benefit greatly.’ Martin Hogg, Dean of the School of Law and Established Professor, University of Galway

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    Product details

    October 2024
    Hardback
    9781009483551
    330 pages
    260 × 186 × 24 mm
    0.81kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Part I. Rise of AI Consumer Markets:
    • 1. AI and consumers Geraint Howells
    • 2. Artificial intelligence for consumers: advances in recommendation systems Luigi Portinale and Alessandro Abluton
    • 3. 'Substituted consumer': digital content directive and damages Christiana Markou
    • 4. AI enhancing consumer well-being Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek and Peter Singer
    • Part II. Consumer Choice:
    • 5. AI and existing EU consumer law Mateja Durovic
    • 6. Using AI to influence consumer choice Eric Tjong Tjin Tai
    • 7. Consumers and digital delegates Christian Twigg-Flesner
    • Part III. Liability:
    • 8. AI and smart consumer contracts Pınar ÇaÄŸlayan Aksoy
    • 9. AI, consumers and tort law: from liability to responsibility Michel Cannarsa
    • 10. Liability for autonomous systems: enhancing access to justice Stefan Wrbka and Mark Fenwick
    • 11. Protected by design: case of personalised advertising Agnieszka JabÅ‚onowska, Monika NamysÅ‚owska and Dominik Lubasz
    • Part IV. Harm:
    • 12. AI, consumers and psychological harm PrzemysÅ‚aw PaÅ‚ka
    • 13. Algorithmic exploitation of consumers Eliza Mik
    • 14. Use of AI enforcement technology (EnfTech) Christine Riefa
    • Part V. Application and Regulation of AI:
    • 15. EU consumer law and the Artificial Intelligence Act Martin Ebers
    • 16. AI platforms: safeguarding consumer rights in the EU Cristina Poncibò
    • 17. AI, lawyers, and consumers Marta Infantino and Larry A. DiMatteo
    • 18. Decision-Making by AI in consumer adjudication André Janssen and Tom J. Vennmanns
    • 19. AI and consumers: looking forward Roger Brownsword.
      Contributors
    • Geraint Howells, Luigi Portinale, Alessandro Abluton,Christiana Markou, Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek, Peter Singer , Mateja Durovic, Eric Tjong Tjin Tai, Christian Twigg-Flesner , Pınar ÇaÄŸlayan Aksoy, Michel Cannarsa, Stefan Wrbka, Mark Fenwick, Agnieszka JabÅ‚onowska, Monika NamysÅ‚owska, Dominik Lubasz, PrzemysÅ‚aw PaÅ‚ka, Eliza Mik, Christine Riefa, Martin Ebers, Cristina Poncibò, Marta Infantino, Larry A. DiMatteo, André Janssen, Tom J. Vennmanns, Roger Brownsword

    • Editors
    • Larry A. DiMatteo , University of Florida

      Larry A. DiMatteo is the Huber Hurst Professor of Contact Law, Warrington College of Business & Levin College of Law at the University of Florida. He is the author, or coauthor, and coeditor of more than 160 publications, including eighteen books. Some of his books are Principles of Contract Law and Theory (2024), The Cambridge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence (2022), Judicial Control over Arbitral Awards (2021), The Cambridge Handbook of Smart Contracts, Blockchain Technology and Digital Platforms (2020), and Comparative Contract Law: British and American Perspectives (2016).

    • Cristina Poncibó , Université de Turin

      Cristina Poncibó is Professor of Comparative Private Law at the Law Department of the University of Turin, Italy and Visiting Professor at the Georgetown Law Center for Transnational Legal Studies in London. Her most recent co-edited book is Contracting and Contract Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2022, with M. Ebers and M. Zou). Poncibó is a member of the International Association of Comparative Law and Delegate of the Law Department to the American Association of Comparative Law.

    • Geraint Howells , National University of Ireland, Galway

      Geraint Howells is Professor and Executive Dean at the University of Galway and Visiting Professor at the University of Manchester. Previously, he was Head of School at Manchester and Chair Professor of Commercial Law and Dean of the Law School at City University of Hong Kong. Howells is a President of the International Association of Consumer Law.