Can/Should Computers Replace Judges?

Authors

Anthony D'Amato, Northwestern University School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Repository Date

1977

Keywords

Jurisprudence, Judicial Decision-Making, Decision-making (Cybernetic Approach)

Subject Categories

Courts | Jurisprudence | Law | Law and Politics | Legal History

Abstract

Speculates concerning judicial decision-making to test, at least theoretically, what some of the implications of jurisprudential advances might be. Proposes as the means of making this test a consideration of whether a computer may be so programmed as to replace the judicial function of judges.

Repository Citation

D'Amato, Anthony, "Can/Should Computers Replace Judges?" (1977). Faculty Working Papers. 129.
https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/facultyworkingpapers/129