What will the future bring?

Green energy transition and new technologies as current challenges of public and private law

Edited by Maciej Serowaniec Edited by Agnieszka Laskowska-Hulisz Edited by Marcin Drewek

Book cover: What will the future bring?

Extent: 154 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Law

Series: Law - Society - Democracy

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(October 2025)

ISBN: 9783847119005

6.1 x 9.13 inches

Price: $57.00

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How are public and private law evolving in response to the global energy transition and rapid technological change, including the rise of AI, to create an equitable, sustainable future?


This volume offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of how contemporary legal systems are responding to two of the most urgent challenges of our time: the global green energy transition and the rapid development of new technologies, particularly artificial intelligence. The book explores the evolving role of public and private law in areas such as environmental protection, energy market regulation, AI liability, healthcare, data governance, and access to justice. It presents both theoretical and practical perspectives on how legal frameworks can promote sustainability, protect democratic values, and ensure ethical accountability in a time of profound transformation.

Prof. Dr hab. Maciej Serowaniec is Dean of the Faculty of Law and Administration and Head of the Department of Constitutional Law of the Faculty of Law and Administration at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland.
He is a principal investigator of the project “Supreme Audit Institutions in the constitutional systems of the Member States of the European Union”, funded by the National Science Center (grant No. 2018/02/X/HS5 /00047); participated as a co-ordinator and investigator in the project “Responding to Emerging Dissensus: Supranational Instruments & Norms of European Liberal Democracy (Horizon Europe) and in the research project ”BETKOSOL – Better Knowledge for Better Solutions”, founded by the European Union’s Hercule III Programme). In addition, he is Laureate of the European Court of Auditors Postgraduate Research Grant Programme and Laureate of the Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding young scientists.

  • Edited by Maciej Serowaniec
  • Edited by Agnieszka Laskowska-Hulisz
  • Edited by Marcin Drewek