Research & Publications

Our research explores the intersection of artificial intelligence, law, economics, and global systems — designed to inform policy, innovation, and real-world impact.

The Economics of Cognitive Compression: The Technological J-Curve and the Future of Billable Hour Models in Law and Engineering

Last Updated: January 3, 2026

Economics AI Professional Services

Examining the "Technology J-Curve" in professional services, where AI-driven "cognitive compression" reduces task time from hours to minutes, threatening the viability of temporal-based billing.

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The Sovereign-Legal Paradox: Reconciling the U.S. CLOUD Act's Extraterritorial Reach with European Digital Sovereignty

Last Updated: January 3, 2026

Law Data Privacy EU-US Relations

Analyzing the fundamental legal conflict between U.S. extraterritorial warrants and the EU's "regulatory fortress" (GDPR and EU Data Act), focusing on the multi-billion dollar compliance costs for multinationals.

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The Geoeconomic Restructuring of Tier-2 Mediterranean Urban Hubs: Digital Nomadism and Real Estate Financialization

Last Updated: January 3, 2026

Economics Urban Hubs Real Estate

Investigating the socioeconomic shifts in Mediterranean cities as high-income remote professionals drive residential hyper-inflation and the rise of local "tourism monocultures".

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The Paradox of Permanence: Reconciling the Right to be Forgotten with Distributed Ledger Immutability

Last Updated: January 3, 2026

Blockchain GDPR Data Law

Examining the structural tension between the technical permanence of blockchain and the GDPR's Right to Erasure, exploring technical strategies to bridge the legal-technological divide.

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Limited Legal Personality for IMO Degree 4 Autonomous Systems in International Trade

Last Updated: January 3, 2026

AI Maritime Trade Law

Addressing the "accountability gap" in maritime shipping by evaluating if fully autonomous (Degree 4) vessels should be granted legal personality to manage insurance and contracts.

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The Architecture of Liability: Apportioning Responsibility for Statistical Failures in Global Trade

Last Updated: January 3, 2026

AI Tort Law Trade

Exploring the "responsibility gap" created by AI's black-box nature, analyzing how probabilistic autonomy challenges established norms of causation and fault in global markets.

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The Algorithmic Enclosure: AI-Generated Patent Proliferation and Green-Tech Innovators

Last Updated: January 3, 2026

AI IP Law Green Tech

Analyzing how AI-driven patent surges create "legal thickets" that exclude small-scale green-tech innovators and favor the defensive portfolios of large corporations.

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Regulatory Transformation and Environmental Liability for Autonomous Maritime Ships

Last Updated: January 3, 2026

AI Environmental Law Maritime

Rethinking liability for environmental catastrophes in international waters when AI navigation makes traditional "human error" assessments obsolete.

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Evaluating Competition Law in Addressing Tacit Collusion and Supra-Competitive Equilibria

Last Updated: January 3, 2026

AI Competition Law Antitrust

Analyzing how self-learning pricing algorithms challenge the "meeting of the minds" requirement for antitrust liability in the US and EU.

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The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: Geopolitical Risk and Digital Leapfrog Opportunities

Last Updated: January 3, 2026

Carbon Tax Trade Law Emerging Markets

Investigating if the EU CBAM acts as a regressive tax on the Global South or a strategic incentive for a digital leapfrog into advanced manufacturing.

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Green Protectionism and its Macroeconomic Trajectory for Developing Economies

Last Updated: January 3, 2026

Economics Global South Trade Policy

Analyzing the shift from "trade for growth" to "trade for climate," and the resulting financial burden on emerging markets with carbon-intensive manufacturing.

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The Anthropocentric Balance: Evaluating Technological Proliferation and the Future of Human Prosperity

Last Updated: January 3, 2026

Technology Humanity Progress

Evaluating the historical trajectory of human development and assessing whether systemic applications of scientific knowledge continue to be aggregate-beneficial for species-wide prosperity.

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Strategic Integration of Human-in-the-Loop Architectures for the Mitigation of False Positives in AI-Driven Cybersecurity

Last Updated: January 3, 2026

AI Cybersecurity HITL

Addressing the "signal-to-noise crisis" in autonomous threat detection by integrating human cognitive heuristics to reduce false positive rates and preserve AI scalability.

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Strategic Governance of Autonomous Systems: Legal Mandates of Active Learning and Oracle Mechanisms

Last Updated: January 3, 2026

AI Safety Critical Infrastructure Law

Analyzing the systemic vulnerabilities introduced by autonomous energy grids and healthcare networks, evaluating mandates for safety architectures to prevent catastrophic failures.

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The Fiscal Architecture of International Remote Work: Digital Nomad Visas and Municipal Balance in Spain

Last Updated: January 3, 2026

Economics Remote Work Urban Planning

Examining the interaction between national tax incentives and local infrastructure costs in Tier-2 cities such as Valencia and Málaga following Spain's Startup Law.

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Reconciling Cryptographic Malleability with the Right to Erasure: Redactable Blockchains under GDPR

Last Updated: January 3, 2026

Blockchain GDPR Data Privacy

Addressing the structural conflict between the append-only nature of distributed ledgers and the GDPR's Right to be Forgotten through redactable architectures.

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Navigating the Algorithmic Horizon: Redefining COLREGs Rule 5 for Autonomous Sensor Fusion

Last Updated: January 3, 2026

Maritime Law AI COLREGs

Proposing a standard of "semantic appraisal" to redefine the maritime "proper look-out" requirement for uncrewed vessels using AI and sensor fusion.

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Fiscal Calibration of Human-Automation Synergy: Robot Taxes and Credits in Safety Domains

Last Updated: January 3, 2026

Economics Robot Tax Labor Policy

Evaluating whether "Robot Taxes" or "Automation Credits" can maintain the competitiveness of human labor in high-stakes sectors like healthcare and aviation.

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The Architecture of Algorithmic Accountability: Navigating Economic Liability in Smart Contracts

Last Updated: January 3, 2026

Smart Contracts DeFi Legal Liability

Investigating the legal distribution of liability across coders and data providers when oracle failures produce ruinous economic results in decentralized finance.

14 pages • PDF

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