Digital Development of the European Union: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

ISBN-13: 9783031273117 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

David Ramiro Troitiño; Tanel Kerikmäe; Ondrej Hamulak

Opis

This edited volume analyses the digital development of the European Union, presenting an interdisciplinary perspective from the disciplines of political science, international relations, economics, and law. The contributions address the main areas where the EU can, and should act, for creating an efficient and protective digital space in Europe. The book highlights the responsibility of the European Union to work on the future of its digital development, looking for prosperity and defending the European conception of society. It explains how European values must be incorporated into the digital revolution and shows how the digital revolution of the EU will defend the Europeans from new threats. 

The book's comprehensive approach allows the reader to understand this process without in-depth knowledge of the specific discipline. Therefore, it is a must-read for everybody interested in a better understanding of digital development, European Union policy, and the future of Europe. 

Spis treści

Part 1: General Aspects.- Chapter 1. The Digital Future of the European Union.- Chapter 2. Priorities and Challenges: The Digital Transition in the European Integration.- Chapter 3. ‘Spill Over’ and ‘Fail Forward’ in the EU’s Cybersecurity Regulations.- Chapter 4. Online Sale of Pharmaceuticals: Liberalization of EU Law in the Context of Transnational Criminal Law.- Chapter 5. European Digital Finance.- Chapter 6. Contract Lifecycle Management as a Catalyst for Digitalization in the European Union.- Chapter 7. Digital Taxes.- Chapter 8. The Digital World Market and the European Union.- Chapter 9. Ethics and New Technologies.- Part 2: Law.- Chapter 10. Data Protection.- Chapter 11. EU Competition Law Goals and the Digital Economy: Reflecting Estonia’s Perspective.- Chapter 12. Digitally Sovereign Individuals the Right to Disconnect as a New Challenge for European Legislation in the Context of Building the EU Digital Market.- Chapter 13. Nordic Roadmap Towards an EU Wide and Seamless Cross Border Cooperation on Judicial Matters.- Chapter 14. Digital Sovereignty in the EU: Searching for Legal Mechanisms for Marking the Borders? .- Chapter 15. A Multidimensional Understanding of EU’s Digital Sovereignty? .- Chapter 16. Digital Sovereignty or Sovereignty with Digital Elements? .- Chapter 17. EU Soft Power. Digital Law.- Chapter 18. Automated Vehicles and New Transportation Services.- Part 3. Politics.- Chapter 19. E-governance in the EU.- Chapter 20. EP Elections. The I-vote.- Chapter 21. Digital European Citizenship.- Chapter 22. The European Commission, the Council and the European Parliament: Differentiated Theoretical Frame for the Digital Revolution.- Chapter 23. Artificial Intelligence: A Reading from European Politics.

O autorze

​David Ramiro Troitiño is an associate professor at Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia). He is the author of more than 100 publications, including two Springer books related to the topic as an editor: Brexit: History, Reasoning and Perspectives (2018) and The EU in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities for the European Integration Process (2020). His research focuses on the European Union from a broad perspective, approaching it as a process. 

Tanel Kerikmäe is the director of the Tallinn Law School at Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia) and a professor of European Legal Policy and Law & Technology. He is the author of several articles and books investigating the European Union from a legal perspective, especially in the field of Law and Technology. Among others, he published two Springer books related to the topic as an editor: Brexit: History, Reasoning and Perspectives (2018) and The EU in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities for the European Integration Process (2020).

Ondrej Hamuľák is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Palacký University Olomouc (Czech Republic), Adjunct Professor in EU Strategic Legal Affairs, TelTech Law School (Estonia) and researcher at the Faculty of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia). He specialises on the relations and interactions between EU law and national law, the theoretical impacts of the membership in the EU on the state sovereignty, the legitimacy and rule of law within the EU and regulatory power of the EU over digital space. He is the head of the EU Digital Sovereignty Hub at Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Law.