From "Law + Engineering" to Engineering Law: Current Situation, Goals and Value Implications

The study of legal issues in the productivity development of engineering activities at its core is a response to the orderly needs and risk regulations of complex engineering fields. It is a realistic need for the legal review of engineering activities and knowledge. Since the concept of engineering law was put forward, it has faced the inherent disadvantage of insufficient endogenous theory. It is difficult to realize research on engineering legal relationships with goal orientation, value orientation, and integrity in the horizon of technology first or law first. The contradiction between the surge in engineering activities and large number of engineering legal issues arising therefrom and the inadequacy of basic theoretical research in engineering law, has become a bottleneck that restricts the orderly development of the field. Therefore, it is crucial to conduct research on the status quo of engineering law, target its location, explore its value, and promote "law + engineering" to achieve engineering law on the basis of discipline integration.