In “Binary Logic as Legal Algorithm: Computational Evidence of Systematic Decision-Making in Ottoman Sheikh al-Islam Fatwas” (DiHA: Journal of Interdisciplinary Legal Studies), Ali Çetinkaya (Selçuk University) “establishes that nearly 87% of rulings follow binary prohibition/permission logic” and argues that “such systematic patterns, developed centuries before digital computing, suggest that algorithmic legal reasoning may represent an ancient practice rather than a modern innovation.”
In “Recognizing AI as a Legal Person in Iranian Law and Imāmiyya Fiqh” (Oxford Intersections: AI in Society Oxford Intersections: AI in Society, Oxford University Press), Mohammad Javad Zolghadr (Tarbiat Modares University) and Morteza Shahbazinia (Tarbiat Modares University) “illuminate the divergent perspectives and approaches toward AI personhood in two distinct legal traditions, aiming to identify the legal entities these two jurisdictions used to—legally—recognize a person.” [login required]
