A legal theory for autonomous artificial agents / Samir Chopra and Laurence F. White.
2011
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Author
Title
A legal theory for autonomous artificial agents / Samir Chopra and Laurence F. White.
Published
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Call Number
K917 .C475 2011
ISBN
9780472071456 (cloth : alk. paper)
0472071459 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780472051458 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0472051458 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780472026760 (e-book)
0472026763 (e-book)
0472071459 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780472051458 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0472051458 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780472026760 (e-book)
0472026763 (e-book)
Description
x, 252 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)687681216
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-241) and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
1
ch. 1
Artificial Agents and Agency
5
1.1.
Agency and the Intentional Stance
11
1.2.
Artificial Agents and Legal Agency
18
1.3.
The Implications of Applying Agency Doctrine to Artificial Agents
25
1.4.
A Note on Terminology and Scope
27
ch. 2
Artificial Agents and Contracts
29
2.1.
The Contracting Problem
29
2.2.
Solutions to the Contracting Problem in Closed Systems
31
2.3.
Solutions to the Contracting Problem in Open Systems
32
2.4.
Evaluating the Application of Agency Doctrine to Artificial Agents
43
2.5.
Legislative Responses
61
2.6.
Bot Contracting: Register v. Verio and eBay v. Bidder's Edge
67
2.7.
Conclusion
69
ch. 3
Attribution of Knowledge to Artificial Agents and Their Principals
71
3.1.
Attributing Knowledge to Artificial Agents
72
3.2.
Law's Epistemology
82
3.3.
Corporate Knowledge and Artificial Agents
85
3.4.
Applications of the Analysis and the Legal Doctrines
98
3.5.
Conclusion
117
ch. 4
Tort Liability for Artificial Agents
119
4.1.
Navigating Analogies
119
4.2.
Liability Schemes for Artificial Agents Understood as Instrumentalities
123
4.3.
Liability Schemes for Artificial Agents Understood as Actors and Agents
127
4.4.
Liability of Suppliers of Artificial Agents
135
4.5.
Responsibility and Liability of the Artificial Agent
145
4.6.
Conclusion
150
ch. 5
Personhood for Artificial Agents
153
5.1.
Could Artificial Agents Be Legal Persons?
153
5.2.
According Dependent Legal Personality to Artificial Agents
160
5.3.
According Independent Legal Personality to Artificial Agents
162
5.4.
Philosophical Objections to Personhood for Artificial Agents
171
5.5.
The Significance of Personhood Jurisprudence
182
5.6.
Recognizing Artificial Agents as Persons
186
5.7.
Conclusion
189
Notes
193
References
221
Index
243