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14 Law Innovation & Tech. 1 (2022)

handle is hein.journals/linovte14 and id is 1 raw text is: LAW, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY Routledge 2022, VOL. 14, NO. 1, 1-4 https://doi.org/10.1080/17579961.2022.2047302 Taylor&Francis Group EDITORIAL Editorial introduction The disruptive power of new technologies in relation to our legal systems is evident. We have witnessed the rise of platforms, blockchain, artificial intel- ligence, big data, virtual and augmented reality, and the advancement of bio- technology and their power to better our lives. Yet the close but unpleasant encounters of these technologies with our regulatory system have demon- strated that the latter needs an update to cope with all the technological chal- lenges. With regard to the study of law and technology today, it is often observed that the traditional focus is on matching facts with legal rules and delivering an answer. However, a verdict from the courts might not be a real solution to the technological challenges, and without a thorough examination of the relevant national policy, the laws designed in a pre- digital era may not render a satisfactory result that fits the current agenda. For scholars, it has created the need for a regulatory framework to the study of law and technology that can accommodate consideration of the stability of our legal system, as well as the efficiency of other legal and non-legal instruments such as technology and community norms. Although much of the literature in the field of law, regulation and technol- ogy reflects North American and European thinking, the challenges and opportunities presented by new technologies have both local and global dimensions. There need to be conversations about the disruptive effects of emerging technologies amongst legal and regulatory scholars in the East, just as much as in the West, in the South just as much as in the North. Accordingly, in an attempt to extend the conversation, in March 2021, Hong Kong Commercial and Maritime Law Centre of the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong hosted a conference entitled 'Law, Technology and Disruption'. This conference-which was held virtually and which was viable only because of the rapid development of online meeting platforms -was designed to address the question of how technological advancements might disrupt different fields of law and how scholars from these fields might respond to these challenges. With support from the journal of Law, Inno- vation and Technology, we are able to select and publish seven articles that were presented in the said conference to form this special issue. © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group