Internet Child Pornography and the Law

National and International Responses
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-25752-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 326 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 500 g

This book provides a critical assessment of the problem of internet child pornography and its governance through legal and non-legal means, including a comparative assessment of laws in England and Wales, the United States of America and Canada in recognition that governments have a compelling interest to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation. The internet raises novel and complex challenges to existing regulatory regimes. Efforts towards legal harmonization at the European Union, Council of Europe, and United Nations level are examined in this context and the utility of additional and alternative methods of regulation explored. This book argues that effective implementation, enforcement and harmonization of laws could substantially help to reduce the availability and dissemination of child pornography on the internet. At the same time, panic-led policies must be avoided if the wider problems of child sexual abuse and commercial sexual exploitation are to be meaningfully addressed.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Akdeniz, Yaman

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Graphs and Tables, List of Cases, Acknowledgements, 1. Introduction, Part One. National Approaches, 2. Legal Approaches in England and Wales, 3. Legal Approaches in the United States of America, 4. Legal Approaches in Canada, Part Two. Supranational and International Approaches, 5. European Union Policy, 6. Council of Europe Policy, 7. United Nations Policy, Part Three. Internet Service Providers’ Liability and Self-Regulatory Approaches, 8. Internet Service Providers’ Liability, 9. Self-Regulatory and Co-Regulatory Initiatives, 10. Conclusion, Bibliography, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Yaman Akdeniz is Visiting Senior Research Fellow, School of Law, University of Leeds, UK