Kategoria BISAC: Law >> Science & Technology

The fifth edition of Information Technology Law continues to be dedicated to a detailed analysis of and commentary on the latest developments within this burgeoning field of law. It provides an essential read for all those interested in the interface between law and technology and the effect of new technological developments on the law. The contents have been restructured and the reordering of the chapters provides a coherent flow to the subject matter. Criminal law issues are now dealt with in two separate chapters to enable a more focused approach to content crime. The new edition...

The fifth edition of Information Technology Law continues to be dedicated to a detailed analysis of and commentary on the latest developments within this burgeoning field of law. It provides an essential read for all those interested in the interface between law and technology and the effect of new technological developments on the law. The contents have been restructured and the reordering of the chapters provides a coherent flow to the subject matter. Criminal law issues are now dealt with in two separate chapters to enable a more focused approach to content crime. The new edition...

This book examines society's responses to many kinds of experimentation, focusing on both creation of and assessment of risks. As people seek new ways to make their lives safer and happier, the widespread process of experimentation claims victims. Some of these are people who directly and willingly accept the risks of experiments. By comparison, some are effectively experimental subjects in the hands of others who often may not even think of themselves as experimenting with the lives of consumers.

The Experimental Society covers a wide spectrum of products and activities,...

This book discusses the main legal questions raised by free and open source software (FOSS) licenses and other alternative license models, such as Creative Commons. The legal questions raised by FOSS and other alternative licenses have been the subject of an intense international debate among legal scholars and practising lawyers in the last years. Courts in different jurisdictions have confirmed that the core features of FOSS licenses are compliant with the respective applicable laws and thus enforceable in the respective jurisdictions. What is still missing so far is an in-depth...

Den Schwerpunkt des Buches bildet das Internet der Dienste, welches den E-Commerce pragt. Hier stehen Fragen des Vertragsschlusses im Internet, der Haftung fur Inhalte unter Berucksichtigung domain- und markenrechtlicher Fragen sowie der Datenschutz, der Schutz von geistigem Eigentum und der faire Umgang im Wettbewerb im Mittelpunkt. Zunehmend verbindet sich das Internet der Dienste jedoch mit dem Internet der Dinge . Auch die mit diesem Internet der Zukunft verbundenen rechtlichen Probleme wie Big Data oder der Vertragsschluss Mensch-Maschine werden aufgegriffen.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime, ICDF2C 2015, held in Seoul, South Korea, in October 2015. The 14 papers and 3 abstracts were selected from 40 submissions and cover diverse topics ranging from tactics of cyber crime investigations to digital forensic education, network forensics, and international cooperation in digital investigations.

The relationships between knowledge, technologies, and legal processes are central to the constitution of contemporary societies. As such, they have come to provide the focus for a range of academic projects, across interdisciplinary legal studies and the social sciences. The domains of medical law and ethics, intellectual property law, environmental law and criminal law are just some of those within which the pervasive place and 'impact' of technoscience is immediately apparent. At the same time, social scientists investigating the making of technology and expertise - in particular,...

The volume is devoted to the relevant problems in the legal sphere, created and generated by recent advances in science and technology. In particular, it investigates a series of cutting-edge contemporary and controversial case-studies where scientific and technological issues intersect with individual legal rights. The book addresses challenging topics at the intersection of communication technologies and biotech innovations such as freedom of expression, right to health, knowledge production, Internet content regulation, accessibility and freedom of scientific research.

Dieses Buch erklart kriminologische Grundlagen von Wirtschaftsspionage, erlautert das Phanomen und vermittelt im RADAR-Ansatz ein umfassendes Handlungskonzept zur Pravention. Oftmals sind es vor allem Innentater, die eine entscheidende Rolle bei der Spionage spielen. Auch fur Sicherheitsprofis ist die rechtliche und tatsachliche Differenzierung von Wirtschaftsspionage und Wirtschafts- bzw. von Konkurrenzausspahung nicht immer einfach.

Recht fur Ingenieure beschreibt die zentralen Rechtsgebiete Zivilrecht, Offentliches Recht und Europarecht allgemeinverstandlich und kompakt. Dadurch erhalt der Leser eine gute Einfuhrung und wird in die Lage versetzt, rechtliche Schwierigkeiten zu erkennen und in einfachen Fallen auch zu losen. Der Studierende kann sich auf die Prufungen und Klausuren optimal vorbereiten. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt liegt im Vertragsrecht mit seinen fur die tagliche Praxis relevanten Fragen. Im offentlichen Recht steht der Umgang mit Behorden im Vordergrund, im Europarecht werden vor allem die...

This book explores the coming into being in European Union (EU) law of the fundamental right to personal data protection. Approaching legal evolution through the lens of law as text, it unearths the steps that led to the emergence of this new right. It throws light on the right's significance, and reveals the intricacies of its relationship with privacy.

The right to personal data protection is now officially recognised as an EU fundamental right. As such, it is expected to play a critical role in the future European personal data protection legal landscape, seemingly displacing the...

The EU strategy 2020 includes ambitious plans for e-regulation that could improve Europe's competitiveness. However, the European states have very different legal frameworks in this field. This book introduces flagship initiatives and provides a detailed overview and analysis of the current standards and latest developments, offering practical insights and guidelines for practitioners and policy-makers alike. Further, as it discusses the main areas of e-regulation, it can serve as a useful platform for university education in light of the growing need for new kinds of specialists, i.e. IT...