Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Cases of the European Court; Secondary legislation; 1. Internet regulation in the European Union; 2. Electronic commerce; 3. International jurisdiction and applicable law; 4. Speech and content regulation; 5. Liability of intermediaries; 6. Intellectual property; 7. Consumer protection and marketing; 8. Data protection and privacy; 9. Digital identity and electronic payments; 10. Cybercrime; 11. Concluding remarks; Index.

This timely and detailed book is a state of the art overview of Internet law in the EU, and in particular of the EU regulatory framework which applies to the Internet. At the same time it serves as a critical evaluation of the EU's policy and governance methods and a comparative analysis, mainly contrasting American with EU solutions. The book begins by examining the EU constitutional context within which the Internet is regulated and the various policy documents which informed the regulation over the years. It then continues to describe the basic instruments in each of the relevant fields, co.

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