The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is fundamentally reshaping the legal profession, presenting both unprecedented opportunities for efficiency and innovation, and profound ethical and professional challenges. This article argues that the imperative for robust AI ethics must be conscientiously integrated into legal education, particularly within vocational institutions like the Nigerian Law School (NLS). Drawing on an analysis of AI’s role, history, and defining characteristics, the article identifies critical ethical sustainability challenges, including algorithmic bias, data privacy breaches, challenges to academic integrity (such as plagiarism and unauthorized content generation), and the critical issue of accountability for AI-generated legal errors. The article proposes that legal education must shift its focus from preventing AI use to teaching responsible, ethical use, equipping future practitioners with the requisite technical literacy, critical thinking, and human judgment necessary to mitigate risks and uphold core professional duties, such as competence, integrity, and the duty not to mislead the court. Ultimately, fostering a culture of ethical and responsible AI engagement is essential to ensure the long-term viability and integrity of the legal profession in the digital age.

The crime of incitement to suicide through social media is one of the most dangerous new crimes created by technology, as perpetrators exploit the virtual space to spread suicidal thoughts or provide means for them, as digital platforms and electronic games are exploited to psychologically influence children and adolescents and push them to end their lives This phenomenon requires legal and technical cooperation to tighten penalties, deter perpetrators, and protect users from “killer games” and electronic bullying that facilitate the spread of this behavior. Which at the same time requires a new legal adaptation that differs from the traditional one, and focuses on the criminal liability of the electronic instigator and proving it with digital evidence. With the need to confront it with strict legislation. In light of the rapid technological development, social media has become a double-edged sword, as some of its platforms have turned into fertile arenas for the spread of cybercrimes, including the most serious crime: “incitement to suicide.” Incitement is no longer limited to reality, but has moved to a wide virtual space targeting vulnerable groups This crime represents a major challenge to penal legislation that seeks to confront this anti-social behavior. Especially with the technological development and the rapid spread of inflammatory content through social media, especially among teenagers and young people. What is considered a real problem, especially in the adequacy of traditional legal texts in confronting crimes of electronic incitement to suicide, and the difficulties of proving criminal responsibility via the Internet. This requires analyzing the elements of the crime (physical and moral) in the electronic context Shedding light on the criminal liability of the instigator, adopting a descriptive and analytical approach to compare legal texts and apply them to real-life cases.

The international legal order has long been shaped by a paradigm of globalistic hegemony, in which powerful states and transnational institutions dominate the formulation, interpretation, and enforcement of international norms. This hegemonic structure has generated persistent debates over legitimacy, equity, and inclusiveness within global governance. The call to reconstruct international legal order beyond the paradigm of globalistic hegemony therefore arises from both theoretical and practical concerns: the erosion of state sovereignty, the asymmetrical benefits of globalization, and the marginalization of voices from the Global South. This paper interrogates the limits of hegemonically driven legal frameworks and explores alternative pathways for establishing a more balanced, multi-polar, and pluralistic order. Drawing on theories of sovereignty, self-determination, and multi-polarity, the paper argues that international law must be reconfigured to reflect the realities of an evolving global order in which emerging powers, regional blocs, and non-state actors increasingly challenge unilateral dominance. The reconstruction of international legal order necessitates rethinking the foundational principles of equality of states, non-intervention, and collective security in ways that align with twenty-first-century geopolitical complexities. It also requires the reform of global governance institutions such as the United Nations Security Council, the World Trade Organization, and international financial bodies, to ensure broader representation and accountability. Ultimately, moving beyond globalistic hegemony is not a rejection of international cooperation but an affirmation of its necessity under fairer and more equitable terms. By advancing pluralism, decentralization, and shared responsibility, a reconstructed international legal order can foster legitimacy, stability, and peace in an increasingly multi-polar world.

The article examines how interstate competition serves as a catalyst for scientific and technological progress while simultaneously accelerating the evolution of legal systems. From a historical-comparative perspective, it analyzes the precedent of the Roman Empire, in which law functioned as a “social technology” for integrating and governing a multinational space, reducing transaction costs and ensuring institutional resilience under the limited technological dynamism of antiquity. This experience is compared with the contemporary U.S.–China technological race, where rivalry manifests not only in large language models and robotics but also in infrastructural strategies for supercomputing (data centers, “cold” territories, and energy solutions). The theoretical framework incorporates ideas of “creative destruction” and conflict strategy, allowing competition to be interpreted as a source of a parasocial effect of mutual acceleration even in the absence of direct cooperation. Methodologically, the study relies on interdisciplinary comparative-historical analysis, a political-economic assessment of innovation policy, and scenario modeling over a 10–20-year horizon. The article substantiates a shift in law from a reactive model toward anticipatory regulation (sandboxes, iterative norms, smart contracts) and formulates the concept of “super-law” an adaptive, technologically oriented, and human-centered normative architecture for the era of AI and autonomous systems. The study concludes that competition can be productive provided it is constrained by legal and ethical safeguards and that international “rules of the race” are necessary to minimize escalation risks and unsafe technological competition.

The article examines the concept of the adaptability of Roman law as a potential foundation for shaping the legal framework of a future civilization. Historically, Roman law demonstrated a high degree of flexibility in integrating new legal subjects for example, the mass inclusion of freedmen into the civil and economic circulation of Ancient Rome and in systematizing their legal status. The author draws parallels between these historical precedents and contemporary challenges associated with the emergence of new participants in legal relations, namely artificial intelligence (AI) and robots. The philosophical foundations of Roman law are analyzed, including the influence of Stoicism and Cicero’s concept of natural law, and it is shown how these ideas may serve as a basis for regulating relations between humans, AI, and robotic systems. In the futurist section of the article, drawing on R. Kurzweil’s ideas on technological singularity and the philosophical concepts of F. Nietzsche (The Übermensch), the possibility of a symbiosis between humans, artificial intelligence, and robotics is discussed. The article proposes a doctrine of “technological neo-Roman law,” grounded in the principles of humanism, meritocracy, and inclusivity, capable of providing a normative foundation for an era in which AI becomes an equal participant in social, economic, and legal processes. The article is written in the genre of scholarly research with elements of futurist analysis and is accompanied by references to the works of jurists, Stoic philosophers, Roman emperors, and contemporary futurists.

The rapid evolution of digital technologies has fundamentally disrupted traditional arbitration processes, introducing new complexities and opportunities at the intersection of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and online arbitration. This study examines the legal and practical challenges arising from the integration of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and online arbitration. The research addresses the problem of adapting traditional dispute resolution frameworks to decentralized automated agreements that transcend national borders. Using doctrinal analysis and comparative review of legal sources, case studies, and real-world platforms, the study identifies key types of smart contracts and evaluates on-chain and off-chain arbitration models. Findings highlight both the efficiency and transparency offered by blockchain-based dispute resolution, as well as persistent issues such as jurisdictional uncertainty, enforceability, technical vulnerabilities, and privacy risks. The results underscore the need for clear legal standards, technical safeguards, and the adoption of advanced technologies. The study recommends promoting interoperability, specifying governing law in smart contracts, and leveraging AI and off-chain execution systems to enhance the robustness and adaptability of digital dispute resolution.