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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA highly sophisticated and important work that should not only move the field of communication law and policy into a new era, but do the same for the study of comparative law, legal globalization, Internet governance, law and society, and, indeed, international relations. -- Sandra Braman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
This book offers a superb investigation of French and American exceptionalism, a value in national philosophies and practices that has not received sufficient attention in communication scholarship. Eko’s work provides new ways of charting exceptionalism’s role in the development of legal regimes around intellectual property, freedom of speech and technological innovations, enriching our understanding of global media with its compelling depth and power. -- Sharon L. Strover, University of Texas, Austin
Table of ContentsPart I: Theoretical Approaches Chapter 1: American Exceptionalism, the French Exception, and Digital Media Law Chapter 2: Freedom of Expression in The United States and France: Political, Ideological & Cultural Contexts Chapter 3: American Exceptionalism and Internet Law Chapter 4: The French Exception (L'Exception Française) and Digital Media Law Part II: Case Studies: Exceptionalism and Media Law in the United States and France Chapter 5: New Media, Same Old Sex Scandals: Comparative Exceptionalism, Freedom of Expression and Invasion of Privacy in France and the United States Chapter 6: Intellectual Property Law and the Transfer of Collective Journalistic Works from Real Space to Cyberspace: The Case of the United States and France Chapter 7: New Media, Old Interest Groups: Civil Society and Digital Media Law in the United States and France Chapter 8: Google Books, “Linguistic Capitalism” and the Exceptional Intellectual Property Law Regimes of the United States and France Chapter 9: Intellectual Property, Freedom of Expression, and Regulation of Internet “Gripe Sites” in the United States and France
