Paper's abstract

Samuel Ferey, An Economic analysis of the law, big data and predictive justice
The prospects opened up by big data and predictive justice have been widely commented by legal economists. The article looks back at how these economic and technological developments can be understood by showing how the possibility of having more precise information on future law renews the classic problems of legal economy. After a brief economic description of these technical innovations, we revisit the possible automation and individualization when applying the rules of law, in order to understand the implications in terms of the economic efficiency of law. Finally, we deal with the automation of judgments and the work of the judge by tackling this question with cognitive biases and biases of judgments, well known in law economics.

Key Words : economic analysis big data automation
t. 60, 2018: p. 67-81

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