Emerging Challenges in Privacy Law : Comparative Perspectives

Normann Witzleb

ISBN 10: 1107041678 / ISBN 13: 9781107041677

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2014

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This collection of essays explores current developments in privacy law, including reform of data protection laws, privacy and the media, social control and surveillance, privacy and the Internet, and privacy and the courts. It places these developments into a broader international context, with a particular focus on the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Adopting a comparative approach, it creates an important resource for understanding international trends in the reform of privacy and data protection laws across a variety of contexts. Written by internationally recognised experts, Emerging Challenges in Privacy Law: Comparative Perspectives provides an accessible introduction to contemporary legal and policy debates in privacy and data protection law. It is essential reading for academics, policy makers and practitioners interested in current challenges facing privacy and data protection law in Europe and in the common law world.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Emerging Challenges in Privacy Law : Comparative Perspectives
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107041678
• ISBN 13: 9781107041677
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 30D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 30 millimeters depth
• Weight: 826 grams

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Synopsis

This collection of essays explores current developments in privacy law, including reform of data protection laws, privacy and the media, social control and surveillance, privacy and the Internet, and privacy and the courts. It places these developments into a broader international context, with a particular focus on the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Adopting a comparative approach, it creates an important resource for understanding international trends in the reform of privacy and data protection laws across a variety of contexts. Written by internationally recognised experts, Emerging Challenges in Privacy Law: Comparative Perspectives provides an accessible introduction to contemporary legal and policy debates in privacy and data protection law. It is essential reading for academics, policy makers and practitioners interested in current challenges facing privacy and data protection law in Europe and in the common law world.

About the Authors

Normann Witzleb is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law, Monash University, Melbourne, where he researches in the fields of privacy law and torts.

David Lindsay is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law, Monash University, Melbourne, and an expert in copyright, privacy and Internet law.

Moira Paterson is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law, Monash University, Melbourne, where she researches in the fields of freedom of information and privacy.

Sharon Rodrick is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law, Monash University, Melbourne, where her teaching and research focuses on property law and media law.