As AI enters courtrooms and legal systems lag behind, Superjustice argues that the real crisis and opportunity lie ahead.
Artificial intelligence is already influencing legal systems, from AI-assisted judicial drafting to the widespread use of generative tools by lawyers. Yet legal systems remain fundamentally unprepared for what comes next. In Superjustice: Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (Oxford University Press, July 30, 2026), Samuel I. Becher and Benjamin Alarie argue that these early shifts are only the visible edge of a much deeper transformation that will redefine how justice is perceived and delivered.
Today’s legal systems are slow and often inaccessible to many. They were built for a pre-digital world and are increasingly unable to meet modern demands. Rather than layering AI onto outdated institutions, Becher and Alarie propose a fundamentally new model dubbed “Superjustice”—a personalized, data-driven, and participatory framework designed to deliver more accurate, efficient, and equitable legal outcomes.
Superjustice also confronts the risks head-on, from data governance and algorithmic transparency to privacy and institutional legitimacy. Yet it urges us to confront a future in which AI routinely outperforms lawyers and judges. It shows why legal systems must prepare now, before that future hardens around institutions built for another age.
Ultimately, Superjustice is both a warning and a call to action. The transformation of law is not on the horizon; it is already underway. The question is whether legal institutions will shape the future deliberately or be overtaken by it.
About the Authors
Samuel Becher is a professor of law at Victoria University of Wellington. He earned his LL.M. and J.S.D. at Yale Law School and clerked for the Chief Justice of the Israeli Supreme Court. His research focuses on contract law, consumer law, and law and technology. His 100+ scholarly contributions have been cited by academics, courts, and legislators, and his work has been covered by media in more than 30 countries and 20 languages.
Benjamin Alarie holds the Osler Chair in Business Law at the University of Toronto, and is co-founder and CEO of Blue J. He earned his LL.M. at Yale Law School and clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada. In 2016 he introduced the concept of the “legal singularity,” which he developed in The Legal Singularity (2023), co-authored with Abdi Aidid, winner of the AAP PROSE Award and shortlisted for the Donner Prize.
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