AI and Criminal Law

• Department of Law

The EUI Law Department, in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law (MPI – CSL) hosts a two-day event exploring the intersection of AI and criminal law.

Co-organised by EUI’s Interdisciplinary Research Cluster 'Digital Transformations and Society' (DigiCluster), the ‘Center for a Digital Society’, the ERC funded project 'CompuLaw: Governance of Computational Entities through an Integrated Legal and Technical Framework' and MPI-CSL's Fellow Group on algorithmic profiling and automated decision-making in Criminal Justice, this workshop will be held on the 11-12 June 2025 at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy.

This stimulating workshop seeks to examine the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with the traditional Criminal Law categories and the Criminal Justice system. It will address how AI influences criminal law theory and doctrine and how it transforms criminal trials and reshapes law enforcement. Designed for scholars and practitioners from AI, law, criminology, and related disciplines, the workshop will focus on the evolving implications of AI in the broader criminal law context. 

Themes and topics: 

AI & Criminal Law categories

• AI & criminal liability 
• AI, doctrine & theory of criminal law 
• AI & new criminal agents 

AI & Criminal Justice categories

• AI Act: promises and challenges for criminal justice 
• AI in Law Enforcement (predictive policing, surveillance)
• AI in the Courtroom (evidence, sentencing) 
• AI & decision-making 
• Computable approaches to criminal procedure