Emerging Technologies, Law and Policies

Technological innovation continues to challenge and redefine the foundations of legal theory, policy, and practice. This volume presents a collection of rigorous scholarly contributions examining the multifaceted intersections between emerging technologies and the law. It offers an adaptive conceptualization of artificial intelligence within regulatory and ethical frameworks and explores the transformative potential of the EU AI Act on autonomous maritime navigation. Critical analyses address the redefinition of harm and safety in the Metaverse, the facilitation of human trafficking through algorithmic mechanisms, and the legal implications of the Pegasus cyber-surveillance scandal. The remaining chapters of the publication investigate the integration of simulation-based education into healthcare curricula, the regulation of botanicals under the EU's novel foods framework, and the role of environmental courts in promoting green productivity in Chinese cities. Further discussions will encompass the socio-technical barriers to electric vehicle adoption in Thailand, spatial inequalities in micromobility services, and the management of security threats through touchless technologies, particularly in the UAE's oil and gas sector. A survey of lightweight cryptographic techniques for power-constrained microcontrollers has emphasized the pressing need for secure and efficient digital infrastructures. When considered as a whole, these studies provide a comprehensive and interdisciplinary perspective on the way legal systems must adapt to the profound societal transformations driven by technological progress.