Alice Guerra

Papers

Total Citations

H-Index

About

Alice Guerra is a legal and economic scholar whose research sits at the intersection of emerging technology, tort law, and regulatory policy. She is best known for her pioneering work on robot liability, a field that has gained urgent relevance as autonomous systems become increasingly integrated into everyday life. Her two-part series, "Liability for Robots," published in 2021, has quickly become foundational reading in the field, collectively accumulating over 48 citations in just a few years — a remarkable achievement for such recent scholarship. The first paper identifies and systematizes the novel legal challenges posed by robot-related accidents, filling a critical gap by offering a general theoretical framework where none previously existed. The companion paper extends this analysis into the economic domain, applying rigorous modeling to assess how liability rules can optimally govern accidents in which human control is only partial. Together, these works demonstrate Guerra's rare ability to bridge doctrinal legal analysis with economic reasoning, offering scholars, policymakers, and technologists a coherent lens through which to evaluate accountability in an age of intelligent machines. Her contributions are shaping emerging conversations in both law and economics at a critical moment in technological development.