Vol. 2021-2022 of the MSLR Forum was Edited by
Buke Hiziroglu & Lauren Legner
Co-Chairs of the Michigan State Law Review Online Platform Committee
Law and Autonomous Vehicles
The law is not ready for self-driving cars. While most of the anticipated legislation is concerned with questions of safety or privacy, the introduction and proliferation of autonomous cars will present novel legal questions in negligence and product liability cases, especially challenging the framework for agency. Although these are important issues for civil cases, the implications for criminal justice are the most urgent. Constitutional cases relating to automotive stops form the procedures and frameworks which protect our Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights.