Description
This book presents a transnational and transsystemic perspective on the role of contract in Internet Governance, and considers parameters for assessing the utility and legitimacy of contracts in this context. Bygrave presents definitions and parameters of internet governance and the role of contract alongside examples of how these are used in the ever-changing internet world. He examines topical and well-known mediums such as Facebook in relation to their policies and online parameters. Taking into account legal developments across jurisdictions and within both common law and civil law systems, Bygrave explores the idea of the contract as the principal means of governing the virtual world.
About the Author
Dr Lee Andrew Bygrave is Professor in the Norwegian Research Centre for Computers and Law within the Department of Private Law at the University of Oslo. He has extensive experience advising on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) regulatory policy for many institutions, including the EU Commission and the UK House of Lords Constitution Committee. He has published extensively within the field of privacy/data protection law and is also the author of Data Privacy Law (OUP, 2014).
Reviews
Internet Governance by Contract brilliantly addresses a critically important, yet previously unexplored area of the regulation and governance of online activity. Bygrave masterfully examines the web of contractual relationships that frame the development and use of the Internet infrastructure from ICANN to Facebook. The book is a must read to understand the complexities and nuances of the foundational role that contracts play in establishing governing rules for the Internet and how contractual rules and statutes interact in surprisingly fluid ways. * Joel R Reidenberg, Stanley D and Nikki Waxberg Chair and Professor of Law, Fordham Law School *
This remarkably clear, careful, and detailed book provides a world-class analysis of the web of contracts which form the musculoskeletal system of the Internet. Among this books virtues is a state-of-the-art account of the agreements that constitute and surround ICANNessential reading for those who wish to understand and perhaps enforce them. More importantly, while drawing on the law of many countries this book shows us how Internet-related private and public law intermingle to shape Internet governance as we know it. * A. Michael Froomkin, Professor of Law, University of Miami *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199687343
Author Lee A. Bygrave
Format Hardback
Page Count 192
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 466g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 162mm * 19mm
About the Author
Dr Lee Andrew Bygrave is Professor in the Norwegian Research Centre for Computers and Law within the Department of Private Law at the University of Oslo. He has extensive experience advising on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) regulatory policy for many institutions, including the EU Commission and the UK House of Lords Constitution Committee. He has published extensively within the field of privacy/data protection law and is also the author of Data Privacy Law (OUP, 2014).
Reviews
Internet Governance by Contract brilliantly addresses a critically important, yet previously unexplored area of the regulation and governance of online activity. Bygrave masterfully examines the web of contractual relationships that frame the development and use of the Internet infrastructure from ICANN to Facebook. The book is a must read to understand the complexities and nuances of the foundational role that contracts play in establishing governing rules for the Internet and how contractual rules and statutes interact in surprisingly fluid ways. * Joel R Reidenberg, Stanley D and Nikki Waxberg Chair and Professor of Law, Fordham Law School *
This remarkably clear, careful, and detailed book provides a world-class analysis of the web of contracts which form the musculoskeletal system of the Internet. Among this books virtues is a state-of-the-art account of the agreements that constitute and surround ICANNessential reading for those who wish to understand and perhaps enforce them. More importantly, while drawing on the law of many countries this book shows us how Internet-related private and public law intermingle to shape Internet governance as we know it. * A. Michael Froomkin, Professor of Law, University of Miami *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199687343
Author Lee A. Bygrave
Format Hardback
Page Count 192
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 466g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 162mm * 19mm
