Book contents
- Algorithmic Rule By Law
- Algorithmic Rule By Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Figures
- Illustrations of Algorithmic Regulation
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Algorithmic Regulation
- 3 The Rule of Law
- 4 From Rule of Law to Algorithmic Rule by Law
- 5 Legal Safeguards in the EU Legal Order
- 6 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Conclusions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 December 2024
- Algorithmic Rule By Law
- Algorithmic Rule By Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Figures
- Illustrations of Algorithmic Regulation
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Algorithmic Regulation
- 3 The Rule of Law
- 4 From Rule of Law to Algorithmic Rule by Law
- 5 Legal Safeguards in the EU Legal Order
- 6 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In this book, I examined how public authorities’ reliance on algorithmic regulation can affect the rule of law and erode its protective role. I conceptualised this threat as algorithmic rule by law and evaluated the EU legal framework’s safeguards to counter it. In this chapter, I summarise my findings, conclude that this threat is insufficiently addressed (Section 6.1) and provide a number of recommendations (Section 6.2). Finally, I offer some closing remarks (Section 6.3). Algorithmic regulation promises simplicity and a route to avoid the complex tensions of legal rules that are continuously open to multiple interpretations. Yet the same promise also threatens liberal democracy today, as illiberal and authoritarian tendencies seek to eliminate plurality in favour of simplicity. The threat of algorithmic rule by law is hence the same that also threatens liberal democracy: the elimination of normative tensions by essentialising a single view. The antidote is hence to accept not only the normative tensions that are inherent in law but also the tensions inherent in a pluralistic society. We should not essentialise the law’s interpretation, but embrace its normative complexity.
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- Algorithmic Rule By LawHow Algorithmic Regulation in the Public Sector Erodes the Rule of Law, pp. 297 - 310Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024