In the context of the technological disruption of law and, in particular, the prospect of governance by machines, this book reconsiders the demand that we should respect the law, simply because it is the law.

Roger Brownsword is Professor of Law at King's College London and at Bournemouth University.

Preliminaries 1. Invitation 2. A Guide to the Exhibition A. Technology, Governance and Respect for the Law 3. The Main Exhibits 4. Law and its Discontents B. Side Gallery I 5. Contracts, Consumers, and Commerce 6. Back to the Main Exhibits C. Side Gallery II 7. Criminal Law and Criminal Justice 8. Back to the Main Exhibits D. Side Gallery III 9. Biolaw and Bioethics 10. Back to the Main Exhibits E. Side Gallery IV 11. Information Law 12. Back to the Main Exhibits F. Side Gallery V 13. Constitutional Law 14. Back to the Main Exhibits G. After the Exhibition 15. Reflections on Law's Governance: Prospectus, Promise, and Performance 16. The Law of the Global Commons 17. The Laws of the Communities 18. Respect Relaxed, Respect Reimagined 19. Long Story Told Short