This paper proposes the concept of 'research through litigation', where a HCI researcher would bring a claim in the legal system in order to understand judicial attitudes towards technologies. Based on my seven years of experience of bringing legal cases as a computer scientist in Tribunals, I demonstrate the value of this approach by presenting multiple case studies, which illustrate the counter-intuitive approach towards technology taken by Tribunals. This exercise surfaced some serious (and somewhat surreal) concerns with the operation of the justice system, as well as demonstrating how research through litigation changed the law on several occasions. This work therefore makes important methodological and practical contributions to the nascent topic of legal (interaction) design, especially from a methodological standpoint.

翻译：本文提出“通过诉讼进行研究”的概念，即人机交互（HCI）研究者通过向法律系统提起诉讼，以了解司法机构对技术的态度。基于我作为计算机科学家在法庭上提起诉讼的七年经验，我通过多个案例研究展示了这一方法的价值，这些案例揭示了法庭对技术所采取的违反直觉的态度。这一实践暴露了司法系统运作中存在的一些严重（且有些超现实）的问题，并展示了通过诉讼进行的研究如何在多个场合改变了法律。因此，这项工作对法律（交互）设计这一新兴领域——尤其是从方法论角度——做出了重要的方法论和实践贡献。