Lawless: The Secret Rules That Govern Our Digital Lives

ISBN-13: 9781108481229 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 218 str.

Nicolas P. Suzor

Opis

Suzor presents a rigorous, accessible overview of how the Internet is governed by technology companies that are themselves under immense pressure from governments and others to regulate what individuals do online. This timely and insightful book advocates a groundbreaking new approach: a digital constitutionalism to protect human rights online.

Recenzje

'This affordable title will appeal to law students and faculty members researching the topic for a seminar or article touching on Internet law, women and law, harassment, international law, copyright, and more. Recommended for academic law libraries.' Andrea Alexander, Law Library Journal

Spis treści

Part I. A Lawless Internet: 1. The hidden rules of the Internet; 2. Who makes the rules? 3. The Internet's abuse problem; 4. Legal immunity; 5. How copyright shaped the Internet; 6. Censorship; 7. Lawless; Part II. A New Social Contract – Constitutionalizing Internet Governance: 8. Constitutionalizing Internet governance; 9. Constitutionalizing intermediaries; 10. What should we expect of intermediaries? 11. The role of states and binding law; 12. Conclusion.