The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the New Path of Law
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https://doi.org/10.46991/BYSU:C/2023.14.2.021Keywords:
industrial revolutions, accelerating changes, artificial intelligence, LegalTech, transformation in legal practice, transformation in teaching law, transformation in perception of lawAbstract
The contemporary accelerating changes in technology lead to drastic
transformations in economy, social and political structures, as well as legal practice and
the very essence of law. The present research is a try to bring to the light the evolution
of industrial revolutions and realize the transformations and developments of law and
legal practice throughout the First, Second, Third and Fourth Industrial Revolutions.
Taking into account the consequences of the previous industrial revolutions and
the ongoing nature of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the research defines some
general developments / paths in the law, especially the transformations in legal practice
(Practical Perspective); transformations in teaching law (Educational Perspective) and
transformation in the essence and perception of law itself (Theoretical Perspective).
Based on the research two possible social structures, with economic, political and
legal order, have been proposed: negative and positive.
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