Nathalie A. Smuha
@nathaliesmuha.bsky.social
Law & Ethics of Digital Tech at UofT Law. Author of 'Algorithmic Rule By Law' (CUP, 2025). Previously at EU Commission's AI HLEG, Council of Europe's CAHAI, KU Leuven & NYU Law.
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It’s finally out!
After years of work, I’m very glad to announce that my #book Algorithmic Rule by Law is now published @cambup-law.bsky.social.
If you’re interested in the intersection of #law, #technology and #government - with some philosophical twists - this book is for you.
After years of work, I’m very glad to announce that my #book Algorithmic Rule by Law is now published @cambup-law.bsky.social.
If you’re interested in the intersection of #law, #technology and #government - with some philosophical twists - this book is for you.
I wrote a blogpost about the use of Generative #AI in #education and how it might adversly affect #democracy in three ways: cognitively, socially and politically.
You can read it on the @icon-s.bsky.social Blog: www.iconnectblog.com/the-broader-...
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
You can read it on the @icon-s.bsky.social Blog: www.iconnectblog.com/the-broader-...
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
October 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I wrote a blogpost about the use of Generative #AI in #education and how it might adversly affect #democracy in three ways: cognitively, socially and politically.
You can read it on the @icon-s.bsky.social Blog: www.iconnectblog.com/the-broader-...
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
You can read it on the @icon-s.bsky.social Blog: www.iconnectblog.com/the-broader-...
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
Reposted by Nathalie A. Smuha
The Law, Ethics & Policy of AI Blog is back!
In a new post, Arina Shah @hollisargeant.bsky.social @mackenziej.bsky.social Adrian Weller&Umang Bhatt explain how #uncertainty in #AI can lead to discrimination and why selective friction may better than abstention
🔗 www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
In a new post, Arina Shah @hollisargeant.bsky.social @mackenziej.bsky.social Adrian Weller&Umang Bhatt explain how #uncertainty in #AI can lead to discrimination and why selective friction may better than abstention
🔗 www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
October 14, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The Law, Ethics & Policy of AI Blog is back!
In a new post, Arina Shah @hollisargeant.bsky.social @mackenziej.bsky.social Adrian Weller&Umang Bhatt explain how #uncertainty in #AI can lead to discrimination and why selective friction may better than abstention
🔗 www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
In a new post, Arina Shah @hollisargeant.bsky.social @mackenziej.bsky.social Adrian Weller&Umang Bhatt explain how #uncertainty in #AI can lead to discrimination and why selective friction may better than abstention
🔗 www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
Reposted by Nathalie A. Smuha
Check out our blog on uncertainty, discrimination, and AI!
The Law, Ethics & Policy of AI Blog is back!
In a new post, Arina Shah @hollisargeant.bsky.social @mackenziej.bsky.social Adrian Weller&Umang Bhatt explain how #uncertainty in #AI can lead to discrimination and why selective friction may better than abstention
🔗 www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
In a new post, Arina Shah @hollisargeant.bsky.social @mackenziej.bsky.social Adrian Weller&Umang Bhatt explain how #uncertainty in #AI can lead to discrimination and why selective friction may better than abstention
🔗 www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
October 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Check out our blog on uncertainty, discrimination, and AI!
Happy to announce that I'm taking up a new position as Assistant Professor of Law, #AI & Technology at UofT Faculty of Law: www.law.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-law...
I'm very grateful to all those who made my time at KU Leuven so enriching & look forward to this new adventure. If you're in 🇨🇦, reach out!
I'm very grateful to all those who made my time at KU Leuven so enriching & look forward to this new adventure. If you're in 🇨🇦, reach out!
July 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Happy to announce that I'm taking up a new position as Assistant Professor of Law, #AI & Technology at UofT Faculty of Law: www.law.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-law...
I'm very grateful to all those who made my time at KU Leuven so enriching & look forward to this new adventure. If you're in 🇨🇦, reach out!
I'm very grateful to all those who made my time at KU Leuven so enriching & look forward to this new adventure. If you're in 🇨🇦, reach out!
This week we wrapped up the 5th & last edition of the
KU Leuven Summer School on the Law, Ethics & Policy of #AI🎓
I'm so grateful to have met so many wonderful people across disciplines & countries, and I learned so much. What a beautiful community this has become❤️
Thank you to all contributors!
KU Leuven Summer School on the Law, Ethics & Policy of #AI🎓
I'm so grateful to have met so many wonderful people across disciplines & countries, and I learned so much. What a beautiful community this has become❤️
Thank you to all contributors!
July 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
This week we wrapped up the 5th & last edition of the
KU Leuven Summer School on the Law, Ethics & Policy of #AI🎓
I'm so grateful to have met so many wonderful people across disciplines & countries, and I learned so much. What a beautiful community this has become❤️
Thank you to all contributors!
KU Leuven Summer School on the Law, Ethics & Policy of #AI🎓
I'm so grateful to have met so many wonderful people across disciplines & countries, and I learned so much. What a beautiful community this has become❤️
Thank you to all contributors!
Thank you to the 300+ people who joined the 5th anniversary celebration of our #AI Summer School!
Besides gathering international speakers, the head of the #EU AI Office & our alumni, we also marked this milestone in style during a gala reception & dinner🥂
Thanks for being part of our community❤️
Besides gathering international speakers, the head of the #EU AI Office & our alumni, we also marked this milestone in style during a gala reception & dinner🥂
Thanks for being part of our community❤️
July 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Reposted by Nathalie A. Smuha
Had a great time today teaching on law enforcement and #AI at the 5th AI summer school at KULeuven organised by @nathaliesmuha.bsky.social!
Also fantastic questions by the participants!
Also fantastic questions by the participants!
July 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Had a great time today teaching on law enforcement and #AI at the 5th AI summer school at KULeuven organised by @nathaliesmuha.bsky.social!
Also fantastic questions by the participants!
Also fantastic questions by the participants!
Reposted by Nathalie A. Smuha
A warm welcome for all our participants to the 5th edition of the KU Leuven #SummerSchool on the Law, Ethics and Policy of #AI!
10 days. 35 nationalities. 65 participants. 45 lecturers. And lots of fascinating topics… Here we go🎒😊
More info about the AI Summer School: lnkd.in/euH3NWh
10 days. 35 nationalities. 65 participants. 45 lecturers. And lots of fascinating topics… Here we go🎒😊
More info about the AI Summer School: lnkd.in/euH3NWh
June 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A warm welcome for all our participants to the 5th edition of the KU Leuven #SummerSchool on the Law, Ethics and Policy of #AI!
10 days. 35 nationalities. 65 participants. 45 lecturers. And lots of fascinating topics… Here we go🎒😊
More info about the AI Summer School: lnkd.in/euH3NWh
10 days. 35 nationalities. 65 participants. 45 lecturers. And lots of fascinating topics… Here we go🎒😊
More info about the AI Summer School: lnkd.in/euH3NWh
Reposted by Nathalie A. Smuha
Wonderful to see so many happy faces during our
@kul-ai-sschool.bsky.social online Alumni Networking event - for the 4th year in a row🎉
Thanks to all our fantastic participants! We love the AI Summer School Community🥰
See you again soon!
@kul-ai-sschool.bsky.social online Alumni Networking event - for the 4th year in a row🎉
Thanks to all our fantastic participants! We love the AI Summer School Community🥰
See you again soon!
July 3, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Wonderful to see so many happy faces during our
@kul-ai-sschool.bsky.social online Alumni Networking event - for the 4th year in a row🎉
Thanks to all our fantastic participants! We love the AI Summer School Community🥰
See you again soon!
@kul-ai-sschool.bsky.social online Alumni Networking event - for the 4th year in a row🎉
Thanks to all our fantastic participants! We love the AI Summer School Community🥰
See you again soon!
We just kicked off the 5th edition of the KU Leuven #SummerSchool on the Law, Ethics and Policy of #AI!
10 days. 35 nationalities. 65 participants. 45 lecturers. And lots of fascinating topics… Here we go @kul-ai-sschool.bsky.social 🎒😊
More about the course: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
10 days. 35 nationalities. 65 participants. 45 lecturers. And lots of fascinating topics… Here we go @kul-ai-sschool.bsky.social 🎒😊
More about the course: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
June 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
We just kicked off the 5th edition of the KU Leuven #SummerSchool on the Law, Ethics and Policy of #AI!
10 days. 35 nationalities. 65 participants. 45 lecturers. And lots of fascinating topics… Here we go @kul-ai-sschool.bsky.social 🎒😊
More about the course: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
10 days. 35 nationalities. 65 participants. 45 lecturers. And lots of fascinating topics… Here we go @kul-ai-sschool.bsky.social 🎒😊
More about the course: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
Reposted by Nathalie A. Smuha
What can we learn from algorithmic scandals in digital welfare states?
In this blogpost, @maartenbouwmeester.bsky.social discusses the constitutional reforms following the #AI-related childcare benefit scandal in the Netherlands.
Read it here: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc....
In this blogpost, @maartenbouwmeester.bsky.social discusses the constitutional reforms following the #AI-related childcare benefit scandal in the Netherlands.
Read it here: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc....
June 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
What can we learn from algorithmic scandals in digital welfare states?
In this blogpost, @maartenbouwmeester.bsky.social discusses the constitutional reforms following the #AI-related childcare benefit scandal in the Netherlands.
Read it here: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc....
In this blogpost, @maartenbouwmeester.bsky.social discusses the constitutional reforms following the #AI-related childcare benefit scandal in the Netherlands.
Read it here: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc....
I’m truly honored give a keynote speech at the @facct.bsky.social conference this year in Athens, on Tue 24 June. My talk will focus on the lessons we can learn from emerging AI laws, and the road and challenges ahead.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Schedule: programs.sigchi.org/facct/2025
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Schedule: programs.sigchi.org/facct/2025
June 23, 2025 at 5:55 AM
I’m truly honored give a keynote speech at the @facct.bsky.social conference this year in Athens, on Tue 24 June. My talk will focus on the lessons we can learn from emerging AI laws, and the road and challenges ahead.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Schedule: programs.sigchi.org/facct/2025
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Schedule: programs.sigchi.org/facct/2025
Reposted by Nathalie A. Smuha
📢Event alert:
Join us on 4 July for our event '#AI governance in Europe and Globally' @KU Leuven or online. We'll have a session with international scholars from Africa, Latam, China & US, and a keynote by Lucilla Sioli (EU AI Office).
Info & Register: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
Join us on 4 July for our event '#AI governance in Europe and Globally' @KU Leuven or online. We'll have a session with international scholars from Africa, Latam, China & US, and a keynote by Lucilla Sioli (EU AI Office).
Info & Register: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
June 4, 2025 at 7:22 AM
📢Event alert:
Join us on 4 July for our event '#AI governance in Europe and Globally' @KU Leuven or online. We'll have a session with international scholars from Africa, Latam, China & US, and a keynote by Lucilla Sioli (EU AI Office).
Info & Register: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
Join us on 4 July for our event '#AI governance in Europe and Globally' @KU Leuven or online. We'll have a session with international scholars from Africa, Latam, China & US, and a keynote by Lucilla Sioli (EU AI Office).
Info & Register: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
Mexico just elected 2600 #judges by popular vote to 'democratize' the judiciary (with a 13% participation rate).
Jorge Gaxiola (NYU) just published a critical analysis of this 'historical' election & what it means for the judiciary's legitimacy - worth the read ⬇️
verfassungsblog.de/a-tarnished-...
Jorge Gaxiola (NYU) just published a critical analysis of this 'historical' election & what it means for the judiciary's legitimacy - worth the read ⬇️
verfassungsblog.de/a-tarnished-...
A Tarnished Institution from Its Start
verfassungsblog.de
June 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Mexico just elected 2600 #judges by popular vote to 'democratize' the judiciary (with a 13% participation rate).
Jorge Gaxiola (NYU) just published a critical analysis of this 'historical' election & what it means for the judiciary's legitimacy - worth the read ⬇️
verfassungsblog.de/a-tarnished-...
Jorge Gaxiola (NYU) just published a critical analysis of this 'historical' election & what it means for the judiciary's legitimacy - worth the read ⬇️
verfassungsblog.de/a-tarnished-...
Reposted by Nathalie A. Smuha
#GenAI is reshaping higher #education – from teaching and learning to research.
In a new post, alumna Nayyara Rahman explores its impact, especially in Global Majority countries, and raises the question what role it should play in future classrooms.
🔗 www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
In a new post, alumna Nayyara Rahman explores its impact, especially in Global Majority countries, and raises the question what role it should play in future classrooms.
🔗 www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
May 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#GenAI is reshaping higher #education – from teaching and learning to research.
In a new post, alumna Nayyara Rahman explores its impact, especially in Global Majority countries, and raises the question what role it should play in future classrooms.
🔗 www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
In a new post, alumna Nayyara Rahman explores its impact, especially in Global Majority countries, and raises the question what role it should play in future classrooms.
🔗 www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
Reposted by Nathalie A. Smuha
At a #CPDP2025 panel that is asking the question we have been asking ourselves at the @eui-eu.bsky.social: How will genAI adoption affect academic knowledge generation processes? Writing is thinking! says @nathaliesmuha.bsky.social @cpdpconferences.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 9:14 AM
At a #CPDP2025 panel that is asking the question we have been asking ourselves at the @eui-eu.bsky.social: How will genAI adoption affect academic knowledge generation processes? Writing is thinking! says @nathaliesmuha.bsky.social @cpdpconferences.bsky.social
Are you coming to #CPDP?
I’ll be discussing Algorithmic Rule By Law at the #BookClub on 21/05 2.15 pm, w Aurelia Tamo-Larrieux, @fdechesne.bsky.social, @kollnig.net - join us!
On 22/05 10:30 am, come join the panel on #GenAI in Academia, w Tal Zarsky, Eldar Haber, Paula Cipierre & Courtney Bowman.
I’ll be discussing Algorithmic Rule By Law at the #BookClub on 21/05 2.15 pm, w Aurelia Tamo-Larrieux, @fdechesne.bsky.social, @kollnig.net - join us!
On 22/05 10:30 am, come join the panel on #GenAI in Academia, w Tal Zarsky, Eldar Haber, Paula Cipierre & Courtney Bowman.
May 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Are you coming to #CPDP?
I’ll be discussing Algorithmic Rule By Law at the #BookClub on 21/05 2.15 pm, w Aurelia Tamo-Larrieux, @fdechesne.bsky.social, @kollnig.net - join us!
On 22/05 10:30 am, come join the panel on #GenAI in Academia, w Tal Zarsky, Eldar Haber, Paula Cipierre & Courtney Bowman.
I’ll be discussing Algorithmic Rule By Law at the #BookClub on 21/05 2.15 pm, w Aurelia Tamo-Larrieux, @fdechesne.bsky.social, @kollnig.net - join us!
On 22/05 10:30 am, come join the panel on #GenAI in Academia, w Tal Zarsky, Eldar Haber, Paula Cipierre & Courtney Bowman.
Reposted by Nathalie A. Smuha
Algorithmic Rule By Law: How Algorithmic Regulation in the Public Sector Erodes the Rule of Law
With @nathaliesmuha.bsky.social, Aurelia Tamo-Larrieux, @fdechesne.bsky.social, @kollnig.net
More information: cpdp.be/89070
#CPDP.ai #CPDP2025 #TheWorldisWatching #BookSession
With @nathaliesmuha.bsky.social, Aurelia Tamo-Larrieux, @fdechesne.bsky.social, @kollnig.net
More information: cpdp.be/89070
#CPDP.ai #CPDP2025 #TheWorldisWatching #BookSession
May 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Algorithmic Rule By Law: How Algorithmic Regulation in the Public Sector Erodes the Rule of Law
With @nathaliesmuha.bsky.social, Aurelia Tamo-Larrieux, @fdechesne.bsky.social, @kollnig.net
More information: cpdp.be/89070
#CPDP.ai #CPDP2025 #TheWorldisWatching #BookSession
With @nathaliesmuha.bsky.social, Aurelia Tamo-Larrieux, @fdechesne.bsky.social, @kollnig.net
More information: cpdp.be/89070
#CPDP.ai #CPDP2025 #TheWorldisWatching #BookSession
Very excited to be presenting my book #AlgorithmicRulebyLaw today @tilburg-university.bsky.social - especially since so many TILT researchers helped inspire this book through their own work!
We'll discuss public sector #AI & its impact on the rule of law: www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/school...
We'll discuss public sector #AI & its impact on the rule of law: www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/school...
May 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Very excited to be presenting my book #AlgorithmicRulebyLaw today @tilburg-university.bsky.social - especially since so many TILT researchers helped inspire this book through their own work!
We'll discuss public sector #AI & its impact on the rule of law: www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/school...
We'll discuss public sector #AI & its impact on the rule of law: www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/school...
Reposted by Nathalie A. Smuha
Non-consensual intimate and sexually explicit deep fakes are among the most common uses of #deepfake tech – yet, the #AIAct says little on the issue.
In a new post, @noemiekrack.bsky.social examines how the Commission's Guidelines on prohibited #AI could help.
🔗 www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
In a new post, @noemiekrack.bsky.social examines how the Commission's Guidelines on prohibited #AI could help.
🔗 www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
May 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Non-consensual intimate and sexually explicit deep fakes are among the most common uses of #deepfake tech – yet, the #AIAct says little on the issue.
In a new post, @noemiekrack.bsky.social examines how the Commission's Guidelines on prohibited #AI could help.
🔗 www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
In a new post, @noemiekrack.bsky.social examines how the Commission's Guidelines on prohibited #AI could help.
🔗 www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
I was honored to present a draft paper on the International Law of #AI in Washington DC, at the Vagts Roundtable @asilorg.bsky.social. I explored whether this can already be called a new legal field & why it matters.
Recording available: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV6W...
Many thanks for the invite!
Recording available: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV6W...
Many thanks for the invite!
April 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I was honored to present a draft paper on the International Law of #AI in Washington DC, at the Vagts Roundtable @asilorg.bsky.social. I explored whether this can already be called a new legal field & why it matters.
Recording available: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV6W...
Many thanks for the invite!
Recording available: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV6W...
Many thanks for the invite!
It was a pleasure to present my book #AlgorithmicRuleByLaw at #HarvardLawSchool.
The talk was hosted by the Harvard European Law Association & Law AI Association, and moderated by Slavina Ancheva.
Many thanks for the invite & esp. to Florence Seghers for organizing! hls.harvard.edu/events/natal...
The talk was hosted by the Harvard European Law Association & Law AI Association, and moderated by Slavina Ancheva.
Many thanks for the invite & esp. to Florence Seghers for organizing! hls.harvard.edu/events/natal...
Algorithmic Rule By Law: How Algorithmic Regulation in the Public Sector Erodes the Rule of Law - Harvard Law School
Join the Harvard European Law Association and the Harvard Law Artificial Intelligence Association for a conversation on algorithmic regulation with Professor Nathalie Smuha, co-rapporteur of the Europ...
hls.harvard.edu
April 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
It was a pleasure to present my book #AlgorithmicRuleByLaw at #HarvardLawSchool.
The talk was hosted by the Harvard European Law Association & Law AI Association, and moderated by Slavina Ancheva.
Many thanks for the invite & esp. to Florence Seghers for organizing! hls.harvard.edu/events/natal...
The talk was hosted by the Harvard European Law Association & Law AI Association, and moderated by Slavina Ancheva.
Many thanks for the invite & esp. to Florence Seghers for organizing! hls.harvard.edu/events/natal...
Stoked & grateful to read such a positive review of 'Algorithmic Rule by Law' in the Review of European Administrative Law by
Ola Al Khatib.
Read it here: uitgeverijparis.nl/nl/reader/20...
Find the book on CUP's website, with 20% discount when using code SMUHA24: cambridge.org/core/books/a...
Ola Al Khatib.
Read it here: uitgeverijparis.nl/nl/reader/20...
Find the book on CUP's website, with 20% discount when using code SMUHA24: cambridge.org/core/books/a...
April 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Stoked & grateful to read such a positive review of 'Algorithmic Rule by Law' in the Review of European Administrative Law by
Ola Al Khatib.
Read it here: uitgeverijparis.nl/nl/reader/20...
Find the book on CUP's website, with 20% discount when using code SMUHA24: cambridge.org/core/books/a...
Ola Al Khatib.
Read it here: uitgeverijparis.nl/nl/reader/20...
Find the book on CUP's website, with 20% discount when using code SMUHA24: cambridge.org/core/books/a...
Call for contributions:
Two more weeks to #submit your #essay - on a theme related to the law, ethics & policy of #AI - to the competition we organize to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the @kul-ai-sschool.bsky.social.
Deadline: 14 April 2025
All info here: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
Two more weeks to #submit your #essay - on a theme related to the law, ethics & policy of #AI - to the competition we organize to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the @kul-ai-sschool.bsky.social.
Deadline: 14 April 2025
All info here: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
March 31, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Call for contributions:
Two more weeks to #submit your #essay - on a theme related to the law, ethics & policy of #AI - to the competition we organize to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the @kul-ai-sschool.bsky.social.
Deadline: 14 April 2025
All info here: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
Two more weeks to #submit your #essay - on a theme related to the law, ethics & policy of #AI - to the competition we organize to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the @kul-ai-sschool.bsky.social.
Deadline: 14 April 2025
All info here: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
It was a huge pleasure to present my #book at @ceps.eu last week. We had a great in-depth discussion, much thanks to Nele Roekens, Sue Anne Teo & Paula Gürtler - and a fantastic audience!
Key take-away: We all have a role and duty to counter #AlgorithmicRuleByLaw & protect the rule of law.
Key take-away: We all have a role and duty to counter #AlgorithmicRuleByLaw & protect the rule of law.
March 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
It was a huge pleasure to present my #book at @ceps.eu last week. We had a great in-depth discussion, much thanks to Nele Roekens, Sue Anne Teo & Paula Gürtler - and a fantastic audience!
Key take-away: We all have a role and duty to counter #AlgorithmicRuleByLaw & protect the rule of law.
Key take-away: We all have a role and duty to counter #AlgorithmicRuleByLaw & protect the rule of law.