Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

The Growing Gap Between Emerging Technologies and Legal-Ethical Oversight

The Pacing Problem

  • Book
  • © 2011

Overview

Editors:
  1. Gary E. Marchant

    1. College of Law, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. Braden R. Allenby

    1. , Department of Civil and Environmental En, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, Tempe, USA

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  3. Joseph R. Herkert

    1. , School of Letters and Sciences, Arizona State University, Mesa, USA

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • First book at address a major and growing problem with emerging technologies.
  • Provides concrete suggestions for solutions in addition to documenting problem.
  • Includes chapters from many of the leading experts in technology and regulatory policy

Part of the book series: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology (ELTE, volume 7)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxi
    Download chapter PDF

  2. The “Pacing Problem”

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Governance and Technology Systems: The Challenge of Emerging Technologies

      • Braden R. Allenby
      Pages 3-18

    3. The Growing Gap Between Emerging Technologies and the Law

      • Gary E. Marchant
      Pages 19-33

    4. Ethical Challenges of Emerging Technologies

      • Joseph R. Herkert
      Pages 35-44

  3. Oversight Dynamics for Emerging Technologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Public Policy on the Technological Frontier

      • David Rejeski
      Pages 47-59

    3. Software Agents, Anticipatory Ethics, and Accountability

      • Deborah G. Johnson
      Pages 61-76

    4. Sui Generis Rules

      • Lyria Bennett Moses
      Pages 77-94

    5. Anticipatory Governance of Emerging Technologies

      • Daniel Sarewitz
      Pages 95-105

  4. A Toolbox of Solutions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Pacing Science and Technology with Codes of Conduct: Rethinking What Works

      • Brian Rappert
      Pages 109-126

    3. An International Framework Agreement on Scientific and Technological Innovation and Regulation

      • Kenneth W. Abbott
      Pages 127-156

    4. Principles-Based Regulation and Emerging Technology

      • Ruth B. Carter, Gary E. Marchant
      Pages 157-166

    5. Administrative Law Tools for More Adaptive and Responsive Regulation

      • Lyn M. Gaudet, Gary E. Marchant
      Pages 167-182

    6. Collaborative Voluntary Programs: Lessons from Environmental Law

      • Kathleen Waugh, Gary E. Marchant
      Pages 183-196

  5. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Addressing the Pacing Problem

      • Gary E. Marchant
      Pages 199-205

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 207-212
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

At the same time that the pace of science and technology has greatly accelerated in recent decades, our legal and ethical oversight mechanisms have become bogged down and slower. This book addresses the growing gap between the pace of science and technology and the lagging responsiveness of legal and ethical oversight society relies on to govern emerging technologies. Whether it be biotechnology, genetic testing, nanotechnology, synthetic biology, computer privacy, autonomous robotics, or any of the other many emerging technologies, new approaches are needed to ensure appropriate and timely regulatory responses. This book documents the problem and offers a toolbox of potential regulatory and governance approaches that might be used to ensure more responsive oversight.

Editors and Affiliations

  • College of Law, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

    Gary E. Marchant

  • , Department of Civil and Environmental En, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, Tempe, USA

    Braden R. Allenby

  • , School of Letters and Sciences, Arizona State University, Mesa, USA

    Joseph R. Herkert

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation