Artificial Intelligence and Public Law
By (Author) Brendan McGurk KC
By (author) Joe Tomlinson
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Hart Publishing
10th July 2025
United Kingdom
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Constitutional and administrative law: general
Public Law
Hardback
320
Width 169mm, Height 244mm
Government's use of algorithmic-based decision-making is rapidly expanding across policy areas, including immigration, social security, regulation, security, and policing. This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of how public law applies to the use of artificial intelligence and automation in the public sector in England and Wales. Starting with an accessible account of the nature of AI and automated systems being increasingly deployed in the public sector, the book covers the various legal regimes which regulate their use. It considers how the principles of judicial review might be deployed to challenge automated decision-making by public authorities. It also explains how equality law, human rights law, procurement law, data protection law, and private law apply to government use of AI and automation. This book is a vital guide for practitioners in both private practice and government, and for anyone navigating this quickly changing, complex, and uncertain environment.
Brendan McGurk KC is a Barrister with Monckton Chambers, UK. Joe Tomlinson is Professor of Public Law at the University of York, UK.