AI and the Human Baseline: Re-anchoring Legal Doctrine
SLN #: 78136Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 1010
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s):
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Course Description:
The objective of this course is to examine how artificial intelligence places pressure on legal doctrines historically calibrated to human decision-making. The course introduces the Human Baseline Principle, a framework for identifying when legal rules implicitly rely on assumptions about human judgment, cognition, and scale, and for analyzing how those assumptions are tested by machine-scale systems. Through readings, case analyses, and class discussions, students will explore how courts confront emerging disputes involving artificial intelligence across multiple areas of law, including constitutional law, civil rights, intellectual property, and antitrust.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Flexible/Upper-Level Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Simulation Course: No
Experiential Learning: No
Seminar: No
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Limited Enrollment Number: 12
Final Exam Given: No
Paper Or In-Class Presentation: Paper/presentation
Attendance Policy: Per Statement Of Student Policies
Teaching Method: In Person
* The law school has a policy that is used to calculate credit hours. Please see the Statement of Student Policies.