AI And Law: Implications, Challenges And The Future Of The Legal System
- IJLLR Journal
- 4 days ago
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Susmita Gangadhar, Assistant Professor (Law), Vidya Vikas Institute of Legal Studies, Mysuru
ABSTRACT
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the legal landscape by improving efficiency, accuracy, and accessibility in legal practice. The integration of AI into legal systems has enabled automation of repetitive legal tasks, enhanced legal research through Natural Language Processing (NLP), improved predictive analytics for case outcomes, and broadened access to justice through legal chatbots and Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) mechanisms. However, AI adoption also introduces significant legal and ethical challenges, including algorithmic bias, lack of transparency, privacy violations, cybersecurity risks, accountability gaps, and potential job displacement within the legal profession. In India, although no dedicated AI legislation currently exists, sectoral regulatory developments and judicial innovations such as SUPACE and SUVAS reflect a growing trend toward technology-driven justice delivery. This chapter examines the implications of AI for the legal system, identifies key challenges arising from its adoption, and evaluates the future trajectory of AI governance in law. Throughout, the chapter advances a human-centric framework: AI must augment rather than supplant human legal reasoning, and must remain answerable to the constitutional values of fairness, dignity, and the rule of law.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence (AI), accountability, algorithmic bias, constitutional law, data privacy, human-centric AI, judicial innovation, legal technology, transparency.
