A short genealogy of risk and trust in EU law

• The main objective of the proposed AI Act seems to be the regulation of AI systems in a way that enables society to reap the benefits of this new technology while simultaneously ensuring that the protection of fundamental rights and interests of individuals is upheld. In order to do this, the proposal and the texts that led to the proposal2 have focused on two main notions: Risk and trust. This article is part of our ongoing research on regulating AI and is an attempt to broaden our understanding with regard to the concepts of risk and trust. However, it is not the purpose of this article to dive into the legal meaning of these two concepts. We merely want to understand what role risk and trust has played until now in EU law by examining how often and in what context they have appeared in European secondary legislation, hereby creating a starting point for further research. We will therefore try to delineate a short genealogy of these two notions in the context of EU law, starting with the concept of trust and continuing with the concept of risk.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Juridik -- Juridik (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Law -- Law (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

risk

trust

EU law

legislation

legal risk

trustworthiness

Europarätt

European (Integration) Law

Europarätt

European (Integration) Law

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