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Vietnamese Journal of Legal Sciences, Vol 02, No 01, 2020,pp.01-15 DOI: 10.2478/vjls-2020-0007 1
THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
ON THE FORMATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE LAW
SEBASTIEN LAFRANCE*
Public Prosecution Service of Canada
Email: seblafrance1975@gmail.com
Abstract
This paper explores various impacts of artificial intelligence (Al) on the law, and
the practice of law more specifically, for example the use of predictive tools. The author
also examines some of the innovations but also limits of Al in the context of the legal
profession as well as some ethical and legal issues raised by the use and evolution of
Al in the legal area.
Keywords: artificial intelligence, predictive tools, digital revolution, human rights, human
behavior
B y 2016, Vietnam had an overall gross domestic product (GDP)
growth of 6.2 percent.1 That growth goes hand in hand with
the implementation of technological means in the market place, which
is not expected to stop, slow down or move backwards at any moment.
Various concerns about the impact of technology in Vietnam cannot
simply be discarded or ignored: Vietnam is expected to be hit hardest by
technological substitution.2 However, [t]he law - and other regulations
- can often prohibit, or otherwise limit, commercial exploitation of,
Currently Crown Counsel (Prosecutor) at the Public Prosecution Service of Canada. LL.M.
/ Law Candidate (Laval University), LL.B. / Law (Universite du Quebec ' Montreal), B.Sc.
/ Political Science (University of Montreal). Former part-time professor of law (University of
Ottawa), and currently professor of law, international relations and political science (Universite
Libre d'Haiti, 2020). Former clerk for the Honourable Marie Deschamps of the Supreme Court
of Canada (2010-2011). Former clerk for the Honourable Michel Robert, Chief Judge of the
Quebec Court of Appeal (2008-2009). He is a public speaker on various legal issues around
the world, including many times in Vietnam. He published book chapters and articles about
different areas of the law in English, French and Vietnamese in Canada, India and Vietnam.
He is a polyglot, e.g. he studied Vietnamese and Chinese Mandarin (University of Toronto);
Indonesian (General Consulate for Indonesia in Toronto); Russian (McGill University); Arabic
(University of Montreal); German and Spanish (College de Maisonneuve), etc. This work was
prepared separately jrom this author's employment responsibilities at the Public Prosecution Service of
Canada. The views, opinions and conclusions expressed herein are personal to this author and should not be
construed as those of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada or the Canadianfederal Crown.
World Bank (2017), Vietnam. Retrieved from http://data.worldbank.org/country/vietnam
[accessed 01 Jan 2020]; Asian Development Bank (2017), Asian Development Outlook 2017:
Transcending the Middle-Income Challenge, 259. Retrieved from https://www.adb.org/sites/
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2 Albano J. (2017), 'Vietnam and the Consequences of Technological Innovations for
Developing Countries', New Perspective in Foreign Policy, Issue 3, pp. 16-19, at p. 17](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.journals/vemsjl2020&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)
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