Reference : Automated Decision-Making and Delegation: Discussing Implications for EU Public Law
Parts of books : Contribution to collective works
Law, criminology & political science : Public law
Law / European Law
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/52392
Automated Decision-Making and Delegation: Discussing Implications for EU Public Law
English
Hofmann, Herwig[University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Department of Law (DL) >]
2022
Digitalisation of Administrative Law and the Pandemic-Reaction
Hofmann, Herwig
Weaver, Russel
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
91-115
Yes
Newcastle
UK
[en] Automated Decision Making ; Delegation ; European Union
[en] Technological advances allow for an ever-greater autonomy of automated decision making (ADM) systems in public law. But how can these be held accountable? This paper looks at the question by reviewing some basic concepts of public law, especially legal concepts concerning the delegation of powers. The paper takes into account that ADM systems are software based, are often developed, and deployed with public-private cooperation and are based on large scale data collections. These characteristics need to be considered in developing models of accountability, looking at the relation between law and software (2), asking for procedural requirements for increasingly autonomous ADM (3), analyzing the role of private actors (4) and gives an outlook on cyber-delegation in the EU