| Description |
1 online resource (280 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; PART I THE NATURE OF LAW AND TECHNOLOGY; 1 The Nature of Law and Government; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Government -- a Case Study; 1.3 The Rule of Law; 1.4 The Relationship between Law and Government; 1.5 The Nature of Law and Technology; 1.6 Conclusion; 2 The Response of Business to Changes in the Legal Environment; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Business Response to Changes in Legal Systems; 2.3 Political Collapse and Laissez-Faire Economies; 2.4 Conclusion; 3 Technology's Effect on Legal Systems |
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3.1 Introduction3.2 The Nature and Type of Technologies; 3.3 The Effect of Technological Change on Law; 3.4 Conclusion; PART II THE RELATIONSHIP OF GOVERNMENT AND TECHNOLOGY; 4 Constitutional Responses to Paradigmatic Shifts in Technology; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Technological Challenges to Constitutional Paradigms; 4.3 The State; 4.3.1 Global Technological Environment; 4.3.2 Global Geo-Political Environment; 4.3.3 The Global Environment; 4.4 Sovereignty; 4.5 Conclusion; 5 The Nature of Constitutions and their Relationship with Technology; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Legitimacy and the State |
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5.3 Possible Changes in the Nature of Government and the Global Environment5.4 The Contextualization of Constitutions and Technology; 5.5 Conclusion; 6 Changes in the Past; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Egypt; 6.3 Rome; 6.4 Dark Age and Mediæval Europe; 6.5 The Reformation; 6.6 The Industrial Revolution; 6.7 The Constitutional Effects of Technology; 6.8 Conclusion; 7 Changes in the Present; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Telecommunications; 7.3 The Internet; 7.3.1 The Internet and Commerce; 7.3.2 The Internet and the State; 7.4 Conclusion; 8 Technological Challenges to Law, Property and Ethics |
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8.1 Introduction8.2 The Advent of Modern Genetic Engineering; 8.3 Conclusion; 9 Lessons for the Future; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Global Governance as a Result of Technology; 9.3 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Technology and law.
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Technology and law
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351895767 |
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1351895761 |
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