Abstract
Technology is transforming our lives and the way we perceive reality so quickly that we are often unaware of its effects on the relationship between law and society. As an emerging field, a key aim of IT Law is finding the best way of harnessing different cutting-edge technologies and at the same time reducing the ever-growing gap between new technology and various legal systems. Therefore, this chapter deals with introducing and describing several limiting legal issues that have been exacerbated by emerging technologies and the Internet’s fast growing and dynamic nature. It follows from this chapter that we could expect disruptive technology and innovation to be integral components to the analysis of law in the future.
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Lodder and Oskamp (eds) (2006), pp. 3–4.
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Lloyd (2014), p. 5.
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The term Cloud computing has been defined in various ways. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides one of the best definitions as it embraces important aspects of the Cloud. This definition is meant to serve as a comparative model of the different Cloud services and deployment services: “Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.” See Mell and Grance (2011), pp. 1–2.
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The work of Eric Schmidt, see Lindberg and Svensson (2010), p. 13.
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Garthwaite (2014).
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Bort (2011).
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For details, see Radenkovie and Kocovic (2014), p. 6.
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See, e.g., McKendrick (2016).
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Kaku (2013).
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For details, see Chen et al. (2014), pp. 12 et seq.
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Dumbill (2012), Chapter 2.
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Kalyvas (2015), p. 1.
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See Uckelmann et al. (2011), pp. 1–2.
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Cyrul (2014), Preface.
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Council of Europe (1994), p. 9.
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See, e.g., Barnitzke et al. (2011).
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See, e.g., Djemame et al. (2012).
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Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation). While the Regulation entered into force on 24 May 2016, it shall apply to all EU Member States from 25 May 2018. See European Commission, Reform of EU Data Protection Rules http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/reform/index_en.htm. Accessed 10 October 2016.
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Act No. 57 of 2003.
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Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.
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See, e.g., Kuner (2012), pp. 9 et seq.
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Nwankwo (2014), pp. 32–38.
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Howells (2006), pp. 715–728.
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Stewart and Hyysalo (2008), pp. 295–325.
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Hallerstede (2013), p. 35.
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Nauwelaers (2011), p. 474.
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Hallerstede (2013), p. 35.
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Hallerstede (2013), p. 37.
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Dalziel and Parjanen (2012), p. 120.
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See, e.g., Stewart and Hyysalo (2008), pp. 295–325.
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Lungarella et al. (2007), p. 1.
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Lungarella et al. (2007), p. 1.
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On 31 October 2015, The Economist featured the “blockchain” on its front cover page: “The Trust Machine: How the technology behind Bitcoin could change the world.” For details, see The Economist (2015a).
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For details, see The Economist (2015b).
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Wattenhofer (2016), p. 85.
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Swan (2015), p. 16.
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Kost de Sevres (2016).
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Kost de Sevres (2016).
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Mougayar (2015).
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For details, see Hoegner (ed) (2015).
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For details, see The Economist (2015c).
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Huang (2015), p. 3.
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Corrales, M., Fenwick, M., Forgó, N. (2017). Disruptive Technologies Shaping the Law of the Future. In: Corrales, M., Fenwick, M., Forgó, N. (eds) New Technology, Big Data and the Law. Perspectives in Law, Business and Innovation. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5038-1_1
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