The Impact of Science and Technology on the Rights of the Individual
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Beschreibung
The volume is devoted to the relevant problems in the legal sphere, created and generated by recent advances in science and technology. In particular, it investigates a series of cutting-edge contemporary and controversial case-studies where scientific and technological issues intersect with individual legal rights. The book addresses challenging topics at the intersection of communication technologies and biotech innovations such as freedom of expression, right to health, knowledge production, Internet content regulation, accessibility and freedom of scientific research.
The volume is devoted to the relevant problems in the legal sphere, created and generated by recent advances in science and technology. In particular, it investigates a series of cutting-edge contemporary and controversial case-studies where scientific and technological issues intersect with individual legal rights. The book addresses challenging topics at the intersection of communication technologies and biotech innovations such as freedom of expression, right to health, knowledge production, Internet content regulation, accessibility and freedom of scientific research.
Provides an up-to-date overview of current legal developments in the global regulation of innovative technologies Combines theoretical insights and comparative case-law research Suggests alternatives for governing access to new essential and scarce information resources Offers provocative parallels and analogies between the regulative rules of technologies for the biological and communicative fields
Autor*in
Nicola Lucchi
Themen in »The Impact of Science and Technology on the Rights of the Individual«
Scientific and Technological Innovations Governing Science and Technology Science and Technology Advances Rights Claims in Digital Media Communication Technologies and Regulatory Dilemmas Social Changes and Individual Rights Boundary of Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age Legal Framework for the Internet Internet Control Rules Anti-Piracy Legislation Copyright Protection UK Digital Economy Act Rights Claims in the Biosciences Biosciences and the New Frontiers of Rights Private Ownership of Genetic Resources