# Superjustice: Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

By [Samuel I. Becher](https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/persons/sibecher/) (City University of Hong Kong) and [Benjamin Alarie](https://benjaminalarie.com) (University of Toronto).

Oxford University Press · July 30, 2026 · Hardcover · 256 pages · ISBN 978-0198991908

Today's legal systems were not built for the AI age. *Superjustice* reimagines them. For judges, policymakers, legal scholars, law firm leaders, educators, technologists, and anyone thinking seriously about the future of justice.

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## Read the Introduction, free

The full Introduction is an open-access download on SSRN: [Read on SSRN](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6552638). It maps the book's argument across three parts: diagnosing the Ten Pillars of Legal Dysfunctionality, charting the evolving relationship between human judgment and AI in adjudication, and presenting CRISPR-J, the design framework for legal systems that are cost-effective, rapid, inclusive, smart, predictive, and resilient.

## About the book

Justice delayed is justice denied. Today's legal systems are failing at an unprecedented scale. Courts are backlogged, legal services remain unaffordable, and rigid laws struggle to keep pace with the complexities of modern life.

*Superjustice* sets out a new paradigm: harnessing AI technologies to transform law from a centralized, one-size-fits-all system into a dynamic, responsive framework designed for human flourishing. Moving beyond mere digitization of existing processes, it envisions a future where justice becomes a universally accessible service, legal gridlock gives way to responsive, data-driven solutions, communities gain real power through hybrid decentralized governance models, personalized law adapts to individual circumstances while maintaining fairness, and human wisdom and AI capabilities combine to deliver outcomes impossible for either alone.

While advancing a novel CRISPR-J (Cost-effective, Rapid, Inclusive, Smart, Predictive, Resilient Justice) legal framework, the book provides a practical roadmap for implementation. Neither utopian fantasy nor dystopian warning, it offers a well-reasoned and pragmatic vision for stakeholder collaboration that can transform justice from a scarce resource into an abundant one.

## About the authors

**Samuel I. Becher** is Professor of Law at the City University of Hong Kong School of Law and a Center for AI Safety AI & Society Fellow, with more than two decades of research on consumer law, contract law, and technology. He holds an LL.M. and J.S.D. from Yale Law School and clerked for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel.

**Benjamin Alarie** holds the Osler Chair in Business Law at the University of Toronto. He coined "legal singularity" in the University of Toronto Law Journal in 2016, co-authored The Legal Singularity (2023, PROSE Award winner, Donner Prize shortlist), and co-founded Blue J, the AI research platform used at thousands of accounting and law firms, which he leads as CEO.

## Machine-readable

A page written for AI agents reading on a human's behalf: [superjustice.com/for-ai](https://superjustice.com/for-ai). Also: [for-ai.md](https://superjustice.com/for-ai.md), [facts.json](https://superjustice.com/facts.json), [llms.txt](https://superjustice.com/llms.txt). Nothing on this site is hidden from human view.

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© 2026 Samuel I. Becher & Benjamin Alarie · Published by Oxford University Press