Der Ruf nach größerer Öffentlichkeit in den verschiedensten Lebensbereichen wird immer stärker; gleichzeitig hat das Anliegen eines umfassenderen Datenschutzes, grundrechtlich verankert als Recht auf informationelle Selbstbestimmung, an...

In many respects cyberspace has created a new world. The online phenomena encompass social, cultural, economic, and legal facets. Exceeding the present Internet Governance concept the book analyses the normative foundations and guiding...

The information society is a key issue in everyday life and a phenomenon enc- passing social, cultural, economic, and legal facettes. Currently, an information society's legal framework is gradually crystallizing under the newly...

The book begins with an analysis of the technological infrastructure environment and of the manifold regulatory theories developed in the Internet Governance context. Based on this foundation the transnational normative ecosystem is...