The Impact of Science and Technology on the Rights of the Individual

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

Autorentext

Nicola Lucchi is Associate Professor of Law at the Jonkoping University International Business School (JIBS) where he is also affiliated researcher with the Media Management and Transformation Centre (MMTC). Prior to joining JIBS, he was EU Marie Curie post-doc Fellow Researcher at Centre for Philosophy of Law of the Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium), research associate in comparative law and adjunct professor at the University of Ferrara (Italy)

Inhalt

Acknowledgements.- Foreword.- Preface; Roberto Bin.- List of Abbreviations.- Journal Title Abbreviations.- 1 Interactions Between Science, Technology and Society: An Introduction.- 2 Rights Claims in Digital Media.- 3 Legal Controversies in Digital Media.- 4 Rights Claims in the Biosciences.- 5 Legal Controversies in the Biosciences.- Final Remarks.- References.- Index.