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TECHNOLOGY AND HUMANS

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2026-02-17 https://lthj.qut.edu.au/

Call for Papers 2027

2026-02-17

Call for Papers 2027

Committed to the wide and unrestricted dissemination of knowledge Law, Technology and Humans encourages scholarship that reflects on how technology is changing law, regulation and normative conduct and also how law, regulation and normative conduct effects local and global challenges and opportunities from technological change. Importantly, the Journal's research and scholarship is accessible to all, without paywalls and via best practice in open access practices.

Papers are considered for publication at all times.

Supported by the Humans Technology Law Centre at Queensland University of Technology, Australia, the Journal is advised by a leading International Editorial Board and is indexed in international databases including Scopus and Web of Science and the largest global index of open access journals, DOAJ

Interested contributors may discuss their research and scholarship with the General Editor, Professor Kieran Tranter from the Humans Technology Law Centre by email.

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Current Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2026): Law, Technology and Humans

Published: 2026-07-28
Introduction: Ordering of Human-Artificial Intelligent Constructs
  • Introduction: Ordering of Human-Artificial Intelligent Constructs
    1-6
    Matilda Arvidsson, Kieran Tranter
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Symposium: Ordering of Human-Artificial Intelligent Constructs
  • Dis/ordering AI–Human Oversight: Materialities, Aesthetics and Contestability
    7-24
    Joaquín Santuber, Mariana Costa Morais, Kristina Tica
    View Abstract PDF
  • (Pre)Configured and (Pre)Ordered: The Challenge of Human–AI Constructs Through Patent Law’s Inventor
    25-36
    David Tilt
    View Abstract PDF
  • Digital Monsters: Reconciling AI Narratives as Investigations of Legal Personhood for Artificial Intelligence
    37-49
    Quinn Edwards
    View Abstract PDF
  • Law and Algorithmic Futures in Psycho-Pass
    50-63
    Kaif Siddiqui
    View Abstract PDF
  • To Die, To Sleep No More
    64-84
    Chris Dent
    View Abstract PDF
Articles
  • Challenging a ‘Hurt First, Fix Later’ Algorithmic System: Is the Tort of Negligence a Regulatory Solution?
    85-99
    Jing Qian
    View Abstract PDF
  • Ideological Entrepreneurs and Disinformation: How Platforms Challenge the Vagueness of the Digital Services Act
    100-117
    Sara Monaci, Simone Persico
    View Abstract PDF
  • The Right to Repair: A Systematic Quantitative Literature Review
    118-138
    Yuri Banens
    View Abstract PDF
  • Data-Driven HIV Humanitarianism, Data Colonialism, and Data Ethics: A Sub-Saharan African (SSA) Perspective
    139-157
    Golden Lwando Mwinsa, Benjamin Ferguson, Frances Griffiths
    View Abstract PDF
  • Direct-to-Consumer AI Health Services: Precision Healthcare Needs Precision Consent
    158-174
    Hui Chia, Daniel Beck, Jeannie Marie Paterson, Julian Savulescu
    View Abstract PDF
Book Reviews
  • John-Stewart Gordon (2026). The Robot Rights Manifesto. Palgrave Macmillan
    175-176
    Habibe Deniz Seval
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Law, Technology and Humans provides an inclusive and unique forum for exploration of the broader connections, history and emergent future of law and technology through supporting research that takes seriously the human, and humanity of law and technology.

Papers to be considered at any time, please look out for the call for papers for symposiums and workshops.  The journal only accepts articles in English. Submissions should consider the following, in particular research and scholarship that:

  • Challenges and critically examines the promises and perils of emergent technologies
  • Engages with the futures (and pasts) of law, technology and humans
  • Involves critical, philosophical or theoretically informed work on law and technology
  • Uses humanities, social science or other approaches to study law and technology
  • Examines law and technology from non-Western locations and perspectives
  • Locates law and technology in wider concerns with the Anthropocene, climate change or relations with non-humans

Interested contributors are invited to discuss their research and scholarship with the Chief Editor, Professor Kieran Tranter: lawtechhum@qut.edu.au

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ISSN 2652-4074