Volume 7(2) includes Part 2 of a collection of symposium articles from Narratives, Frontier Technologies, and the Law. In this second part, guest editors Henrique Marcos and Syamsuriatina binti Ishak (Maastricht University, The Netherlands) give particular attention to the ways in which gendered assumptions and androcentric perspectives inform both technological development and legal regulation.  Articles from Part 1 of this symposium can be found in Volume 7(1).

This issue also contains a variety of topics related to contemporary issues in law and technology. Armin Alimardani and Emma Jane empirically evaluate the capabilities of GenAI through ‘SmartTest’, a chatbot developed by the authors and piloted with criminal law students. From Italy, Yeliz Figen Doker applies Rittel and Webber’s wicked problem theory to critically examine artificial general intelligence governance, categorising AGI within the ten characteristics of wicked problems. Krystyna Mokrzycka examines how US state law-makers have attempted to regulate the impact of social media on children’s mental health, following the US Surgeon General’s 2023 Advisory on Social Media and Youth Mental Health.  Finally, Terhi Esko explores the design of a new IT system within the Finnish court system, adopting a biographical approach as its inspiration.