Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach

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Ryan Calo (Professor of Law, School of Law and Information School, Professor of Law, School of Law and Information School, University of Washington's)

Law and Technology

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ISBN: 9780197526132

A Methodical Approach

Ryan Calo (Professor of Law, School of Law and Information School, Professor of Law, School of Law and Information School, University of Washington's)

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Oxford University Press Inc
13 February 2026

Law & society; IT & Communications law; Science: general issues

Technology is difficult to study, let alone regulate. While law is uniquely positioned to channel technology toward human flourishing, technology poses special challenges to law and governance, obscuring human will and responsibility, stalling regulatory action, and putting rights and values into constant defense. The consequences can be dire. The United States spent three decades without a plan for nuclear waste disposal and still lacks comprehensive privacy laws many years into the information revolution. Law and technology as a field, meanwhile, has yet to cohere.

In light of these challenges, Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach offers a defensible and consistent approach to the legal analysis of technology, one capable of navigating technologyâs capacity to confuse and confound. Ryan Calo puts forward a step-by-step methodology for thinking about and ultimately challenging technology to meet society's demands. The book demonstrates that, no less than health law or law and economics, law and technology deserves a field of its own. To this end, it helps formalize legal analysis of physical and digital artifacts and systems, sowing the seeds for the concept of law and technology itself.

By: Ryan Calo (Professor of Law School of Law and Information School Professor of Law School of Law and Information School University of Washington's)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 237mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 395g
ISBN: 9780197526132
ISBN 10: 0197526136
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 13 February 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE: TECHNOLOGY AS SOCIAL FACT CHAPTER TWO: THE SCALE AND THE REACTOR CHAPTER THREE: THOUGH THIS BE MADNESS CHAPTER FOUR: APPLICATION CONCLUSION

Ryan Calo is Lane Powell and D. Wayne Gittinger Professor of Law at the University of Washington's School of Law and a professor at the Information School, having worked at the intersection of law and technology for over a decade. Calo is the cofounder of two interdisciplinary research institutions at the University focusing on technology policy and the study of misinformation, and has chaired a university-wide President and Provost task force on technology and society. He also cofounded the leading North American conference on robotics and artificial intelligence law and has testified before the United States Senate about technology four times.