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A Children’s Rights Analysis of Gambling-like Elements in Videogames
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Beschreibung
This book approaches ‘gambling-like elements’ such as lootboxes and social casino games from a children’s rights perspective, focusing on the applicable existing legal framework and providing recommendations for future regulation. Analysed legal domains include gambling regulation, consumer protection and data protection regulation, and videogame industry self-regulation. An interdisciplinary approach serves as the foundation of the text; insights from non-legal disciplines such as psychology and media studies are integrated into the legal analysis.
The book is aimed at readers with different levels of prior knowledge and experience regarding the topic, by providing both step-by-step explanations of videogame-related concepts and in-depth legal discussions within the various legal domains at different levels. It examines the recent evolution where children are increasingly engaging with a changing videogame environment where the lines between videogames and gambling are blurred. By adopting a children’s rights perspective, the book aims to add a fresh perspective to the legal debate related to the interacting worlds of videogames and gambling. As the book was written based on the doctoral research of the author, one especially relevant aspect of the book is the inclusion of recommendations and wider suggestions directed at a variety of stakeholders in the field, ranging from policymakers at different levels, to industry representatives, legal scholars, parents and carers.
Pieterjan Declerck is a Doctor in Law and is affiliated to the Department of Law and Technology at the Faculty of Law and Criminology at Ghent University in Belgium.
This book approaches ‘gambling-like elements’ such as lootboxes and social casino games from a children’s rights perspective, focusing on the applicable existing legal framework and providing recommendations for future regulation. Analysed legal domains include gambling regulation, consumer protection and data protection regulation, and videogame industry self-regulation. An interdisciplinary approach serves as the foundation of the text; insights from non-legal disciplines such as psychology and media studies are integrated into the legal analysis.
The book is aimed at readers with different levels of prior knowledge and experience regarding the topic, by providing both step-by-step explanations of videogame-related concepts and in-depth legal discussions within the various legal domains at different levels. It examines the recent evolution where children are increasingly engaging with a changing videogame environment where the lines between videogames and gambling are blurred. By adopting a children’s rights perspective, the book aims to add a fresh perspective to the legal debate related to the interacting worlds of videogames and gambling. As the book was written based on the doctoral research of the author, one especially relevant aspect of the book is the inclusion of recommendations and wider suggestions directed at a variety of stakeholders in the field, ranging from policymakers at different levels, to industry representatives, legal scholars, parents and carers.
Pieterjan Declerck is a Doctor in Law and is affiliated to the Department of Law and Technology at the Faculty of Law and Criminology at Ghent University in Belgium.
Provides an in-depth analysis of multiple legal domains Offers insights from non-legal disciplines integrated into the narrative and legal analysis Puts forward children’s rights as a fresh perspective to analyse the topic
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Pieterjan Declerck
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Children's rights Videogames Gambling regulation Consumer protection Data protection Lootboxes Social casino games Behavioural design IT & Media Law