Contract Law and Computational Manipulation: AI and Consent in the Age of Hypernudging
Language: English
Published by Routledge, 2026
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- Title
- Contract Law and Computational Manipulation: AI and Consent in the Age of Hypernudging
- Author
- Faraoni, Stefano
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1041278187
- ISBN 13
- 9781041278184
Addressing an underexplored issue in contract law, this explores the legal implications of ‘computational manipulation’, a form of AI-led influence that bypasses rational deliberation and targets decision-making processes.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on law, cognitive psychology, philosophy, and computer science, the book addresses the impact of persuasion, deception and manipulation used by an AI on the validity of a contract. Although prohibited under Article 5 of the newly adopted EU AI Act, the impact of computational manipulation (also known as second generation dark pattern) on contract law remains an under-researched legal grey area at the EU Member States' level, and even more in jurisdictions such as England and Wales, where the Act does not apply. Filling that gap, this book presents a critical and comparative analysis of the interaction between law and technology, and between law and society, from a contract law perspective. Using the English and Italian legal systems as case studies, the book argues that current contract law doctrines and consumer-oriented legislation in both Civil and Common Law traditions fail to adequately address this emerging threat to autonomy.
This book will be of interest to researchers in the field of contract law, private law, and consumer law.
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About the Author
Stefano Faraoni is an Assistant Professor at the University of Birmingham, Law School. He is a former practising lawyer (Avvocato Cassazionista) specialising in international contract law. He holds a PhD in Law awarded by the University of York. His research explores the legal dimensions of Artificial Intelligence, including persuasive technologies, digital twins, dark patterns, and computational manipulation. His work adopts a comparative, interdisciplinary approach spanning contract law, technology regulation, Intellectual Property and emerging neuro‑rights.
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