Notstandsalgorithmen

The digitisation of various areas of life holds new challenges for the law. In particular, automated driving has been the subject of intense and controversial discussions. Coping with dilemmas – which, thanks to a broad media coverage, have also attracted public attention - occupies a special position.

This volume analyses extreme situations in which an evasive maneuver will inevitably affect other legally protected interests. A central question is whether these actions can be justified or excused. Numerous alternative proposals on the matter of weighing lives against each other also raise the question if a deviation from settled case law must be allowed.