Laurence Diver is a postdoctoral researcher in COHUBICOL (Counting as a Human Being in the Era of Computational Law) as part of the Research Group on Law, Science, Technology and Society at the Free University of Brussels-VUB. Laurence has contributed to a number of journals including SCRIPTed (where he is also Technical Editor), International Review of Law, Computers and Technology and Artificial Intelligence and Law. He is also co-founder of the Journal of Cross-disciplinary Research in Computational Law (CRCL).

• 1. IntroductionThe Structure of the ArgumentRebooting ‘Code as Law’Aspiring to Legitimacy in Code‘Code as Law’, Code Versus Law, or Something Else?ConcludingPart I: Computational Legalism and the Rule(s) of Code2. A Design Perspective: Code Is More Than LawAffordanceInfusing Code with Normativity3. A Legal Philosophy Perspective: Code is Less Than LawWhat is Legalism?Computational LegalismConclusionPart II: What Makes a Good Rule?4. Criteria for LawsNormative Criteria for Law-Making: the Aspirations of LegalityConclusion5. Criteria for CodeInput and Output Legitimacy in CodeInput LegitimacyConclusionPart III: Legitimating Code: Theory and Practice6. The Digisprudential AffordancesAssessing Decisions, Or Assessing Design?Mapping the CriteriaFrom Characteristics To AffordancesConclusion7. Operationalising DigisprudenceThe Programmer of the ProgrammerAgile DevelopmentIntegrated Development EnvironmentsCode and Natural LanguageConclusion8. Rebooting Code as Law: Conclusions and Next StepsThe Contemporary Relevance of DigisprudenceNext Steps?Concluding Thoughts

This book offers exceptionally well-argued insights on law and technology. Diver’s understanding and deployment of ideas from legal theory and a range of disciplines makes this a brilliant critique of how we have come to understand "code" and the role of those who design it. With the regulation of emerging technologies and of powerful players high on the political agenda – concerns still too often simplified or misunderstood – Digisprudence presents fresh and exciting ways of understanding these issues.