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Digital Technologies and the Law of Obligations

Digital Technologies and the Law of Obligations

Author: Zvonimir Slakoper; Ivan Tot
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781032065038

Published In: January 2024
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9780367512705

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Digital Technologies and the Law of Obligations critically examines the emergence of new digital technologies and the challenges they pose to the traditional law of obligations, and discusses the extent to which existing contract and tort law rules and doctrines are equipped to meet these new challenges.

This book covers various contract and tort law issues raised by emerging technologies – including distributed ledger technology, blockchain-based smart contracts, and artificial intelligence – as well as by the evolution of the internet into a participative web fuelled by user-generated content, and by the rise of the modern-day collaborative economy facilitated by digital technologies. Chapters address these topics from the perspective of both the common law and the civil law tradition. While mostly focused on the current state of affairs and recent debates and initiatives within the European Union regulatory framework, contributors also discuss the central themes from the perspective of the national law of obligations, examining the adaptability of existing legal doctrines to contemporary challenges, addressing the occasional legislative attempts to deal with the private law aspects of these challenges, and pointing to issues where legislative interventions would be most welcomed. Case studies are drawn from the United States, Singapore, and other parts of the common law world.

Digital Technologies and the Law of Obligations will be of interest to legal scholars and researchers in the fields of contract law, tort law, and digital law, as well as to legal practitioners and members of law reform bodies.

Table of cases

Table of legislation

Preface

Abbreviations

Notes on contributors

Introduction

Chapter 1: Contract and Tort Law in the Digital Age: Contemporary Challenges to the Law of Obligations

Zvonimir Slakoper and Ivan Tot

Part I: Digital Technologies and Other Contemporary Challenges in Tort Law

Chapter 2: Civil Liability of Internet Intermediaries for Illegal Online Content

Matija Damjan

Chapter 3: Sharing Economy as the Contemporary Challenge for the Law of Torts