Collisions in the Digital Paradigm

Law and Rule Making in the Internet Age
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-5099-3077-7
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 424 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 644 g

It has been said that the only asset that a lawyer has is time. But the reality is that a lawyer's greatest asset is information. The practice and the business of law is all about information exchange. The flow of information travels in a number of different directions during the life of a case. A client communicates certain facts to a lawyer. The lawyer assimilates those facts and seeks out specialised legal information which may be applicable to those facts. In the course of a generation there has been a technological revolution which represents a paradigm shift in the flow of information and communication. Collisions in the Digital Paradigm is about how the law deals with digital information technologies and some of the problems that arise when the law has to deal with issues arising in a new paradigm.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harvey, David John

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. The Analytical Framework

I. Introduction

II. Elizabeth Eisenstein and the Qualities of Print

III. Digital Information

IV. Conclusion

3. The Transition to the Digital Paradigm-Analogies and Functional Equivalence

I. Introduction

II. A Historical Perspective

III. Digital Writing

IV. Change and Communication in the Digital Paradigm

V. The Law's Approach to Equating the Old with the New

VI. Functional Equivalence

VII. The Problem of Analogies

VIII. Conclusion

4. Aspects of Internet Governance

I. Introduction

II. The Internet Governance Forum

III. Technical Governance

IV. Models of Internet Governance

V. Conclusion

5. The Property Problem

I. Introduction

II. Information as Property-The Debate in the Digital Paradigm

III. The British Commonwealth Approach

IV. The United States' Position

V. Property or Cyberproperty

VI. Conclusion

6. Recorded Law-The Twilight of Precedent in the Digital Age

I. Introduction

II. Law and Precedent in the Print and Digital Paradigms

III. The Twilight of Precedent?

7. Digital Information-The Nature of the Document and E-discovery

I. Introduction

II. The Development of E-discovery Rules

III. Common Themes in the Development of E-discovery in Asia-Pacific Jurisdictions

IV. The Rules and Utilisation of Technology

V. Conclusion

8. Evidence, Trials, Courts and Technology

I. Introduction

II. Orality and Physical Presence of Witnesses

III. Facing Up to Change

IV. Technology in Court

V. The Next Phase

VI. Using Technology to Change Process Models

VII. Conclusion

9. Social Media

I. Introduction

II. What is Social Media?

III. Social Media Meets the Law

IV. The Googling Juror

V. Lost in Translation-Interpreting Social Media Messages

VI. Other Aspects of Social Media

VII. Conclusion

10. Information Persistence, Privacy and the Right to be Forgotten

I. Introduction

II. Privacy Themes

III. Privacy Taxonomies

IV. Obscurity of Information-Practical and Partial Obscurity

V. Judicial Approaches

VI. The Internet and Privacy

VII. Search Engines and Information Retrievability

VIII. The Right to be Forgotten

IX. A Right to Update?

X. Conclusion

11. Reputational Harms
I. Introduction

II. The Publication Issue

III. Google and Defamation

IV. Linking and Publication

V. Reputational Harms-Where Defamation Does Not Tread

VI. Triaging Reputation

VII. Conclusion

12. Conclusion

I. The Qualities of Digital Information

II. Governance of a Distributed, Dynamic, Changing Environment?

III. Behavioural Change and Values

IV. Old Rules in New Bottles-Seeking Consistency

V. Volume, Dissemination and Availability of Information

VI. Participation, Interactivity and the Message

VII. Who Am I Online?

VIII. The Message is the Medium-What the Law must Recognise

Über Autor(innen)

Harvey, David John
David J Harvey, formerly a District Court Judge sitting in Auckland, New Zealand, is Director of the New Zealand Center for ICT Law a part-time lecturer in Law and Information Technology, both at the Faculty of Law, University of Auckland.