Probable Law

SMEJKALOVÁ, Terezie. Probable Law. In Quantum Law. 2018.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Probable Law

Autoři

SMEJKALOVÁ, Terezie (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Quantum Law, 2018

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Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Vyžádané přednášky

Obor

50501 Law

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14220/18:00108843

Organizační jednotka

Právnická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

quantum mechanics; probability; legal certainty; competent observer; measurement; (un)constitutionality

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam

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Anotace

V originále

Despite the principle of legal certainty being one of the traditional leading legal principles, both in civil law and common law traditions, law, and specifically judicial decision-making, is a rather uncertain enterprise. Although the judicial decision-making should in general be predictable and although there is a specific provision in the Czech Civil Code specifying that a legal subject has the right to have her case decided in a similar fashion as other similar cases have been decided in the past, the outcome of the particular judicial proceedings is always uncertain. This paper will look into this particular instance of uncertainty as a state of quantum superposition. The often-cited Schrödinger’s thought experiment is based on an assumption that only opening the box will determine the quantum state of the cat inside, which until this outside action occurs, is both dead and alive. Similarly, the actual result of a legal case is not only based on the standing law, but also on the context of the case as well as random inference brought to the decision-making by the ways human brain performs decision-making operations. Based on a concrete case of an issue of (un)constitutionality of a specific measure within the legal system of the Czech Republic (the so called aviation regulations), this paper seeks to open a discussion on to what extent may understanding this paradox help understanding the ways judicial decisions determine the nature of law.