Automation is transforming how government agencies make decisions. This article analyses three distinctive features of automated decision-making that are difficult to reconcile with key doctrines administrative law developed for a human-centric context. First, the complex, multi-faceted requirements arising from statutory interpretation and principles raise questions about feasibility designing...

Abstract This article presents a discussion concerning the role of police rationale(s) in Spain within context Covid-19 pandemic, where exceptionalist strategies aimed at curtailing spread virus came to dramatically strengthen existing social divisions. In line with some authors who have already approached this phenomenon from different disciplines, our premise is that most serious emergencies ...

The law has traditionally responded to cognitive disability by authorizing surrogate decision-makers to make decisions on behalf of disabled individuals. However, supported decision-making, an alternative paradigm for addressing cognitive disability, is rapidly gaining political support. According to its proponents, supported decision-making empowers individuals with cognitive challenges by ens...