This panel explores public law‘s character in an age of technical governance. As a field, public law draws on principles, such as fairness, justice, and democracy. But technicalities shape how public law governs. Programs ranging from infrastructure to social services are delivered by multiple state and arm‘s-length agencies and regulated by many intersecting rules. Administrative...
Tag: <span>Jennifer Raso</span>
Past, Future, and Present: The New Temporality of Decision-Making Software
Administrative decisions are increasingly co-produced by public officials and specialized software. Draws on “the past,“ as represented by government databases, this software assembles data points to generate decisions about an individual‘s access to public benefits. While such decisions are, in theory, reviewed by a human before taking effect, the technical processes by which they are...