Published March 5, 2021 | Version 2.0
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SIENNA D6.2: Report on adapting methods for legal analysis of emerging technologies

  • 1. Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
  • 2. University of Twente
  • 3. Uppsala University
  • 4. Trilateral Research Ltd

Contributors

  • 1. Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, University of Chicago
  • 2. Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

Description

The report outlines a revised general approach for legal analysis of emerging technologies. It elaborates and adapts the original approach developed in the SIENNA methodological Handbook which was applied to SIENNA legal studies in human genomics, artificial intelligence and robotics and human enhancement technologies. The proposed approach consists of four general steps: (1) specification of scope of legal analysis; (2) identification of legal issues; (3) analysis of international, regional (including EU) and national legal norms relevant for the identified issues and (4) identification of gaps and challenges in the existing legal frameworks with regard to the identified issues. The annex of the report includes two brief legal case-studies on three-dimensional printing and augmented reality technologies, illustrating how the major points of the revised approach could be applied to emerging technologies.

Files

SIENNA D6.2 Report on adapting methods for legal analysis of emerging technologies.pdf

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Funding

SIENNA – Stakeholder-informed ethics for new technologies with high socio-economic and human rights impact 741716
European Commission