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Book SynopsisLegal Challenges in the New Digital Age addresses a wide range of legal issues related to emerging technologies. These technologies pose prominent legal challenges, in particular, how to wedge new phenomena into old frameworks; whether we can and should delegate responsibilities to technologies and how to cope with newly created powers of manipulation. Edited by Ana Mercedes Lopez Rodriguez, Michael D. Green and Maria Lubomira Kubica, the book’s sixteen chapters are written by highly qualified international practitioners and academics from different jurisdictions. Familiarity with the intricacies of emerging technologies is essential for judges, practitioners, legal staff, business people and scholars. This book’s combination of highly thought-provoking topics and in-depth analysis will prove indispensable to all interested parties.
Table of ContentsForward List of Figures and Tables PART 1 Existing Legal Concepts And Disruptive Technologies 1 Tort Law and New Technologies Eugenia Dacoronia 2 Geo-Blocking and EU Competition Law in the Digital Era Michele Messina 3 (In)fallible Smart Legal Contracts Manuel A. Gómez 4 An Analysis on the Application of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records on Contract Automation and Metadata Jurij Lampic & Irene Ng (Huang Ying) 5 The Electronic Devices Used for Testamentary Disposition Under Polish Law Wojciech Banczyk 6 EU Customs Regulation, Patent Assertion Entities and the New Surge of Abusive Practices in Europe Matteo Dragoni PART 2 The Impact Of Digitalization On Privacy And Fundamental Rights 7 General Data Protection Regulation, Fundamental Rights and Private International Law Giulia Rossolillo 8 Legal and Ethical Implications of eHealth Big Data———A Comparative Perspective between Japan and Catalonia Albert Ruda 9 Artificial Intelligence in Criminal Courts Opportunity or Threat? Luca Lupària Donati 10 Coping with Identity Theft and Fear of Identity Theft in the Digital Age Naci Akdemir 11 Algorithmic Dispute Resolution Will the Decision of a Robo-Arbitrator Fall under the New York Convention? Rafael Carlos del Rosal Carmona 12 Social Media as Monitoring Tools in the Workplace A Threat to Employees’ Right to a Private Life? Stefania Casiglia PART 3 Implementing New Technologies In The Legal Field 13 Blockchain and Its Impact on Human Rights Ana Mercedes López Rodríguez 14 The Spoken Word, the Written Word and the Digital Word Discursive Discontinuities and Change of Legal Canons Flávia Noversa Loureiro 15 Personalization of Consumer Contracts—Should We Personalize Interpretation Rules? Katarzyna Południak-Gierz 16 The Fate of Law as Technology and Technology as Legal Reasoning The Red Queen Effect in Smart Cities María Luisa Gómez Jiménez Index
