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This volume offers a novel look at intellectual property issues through the lens of the post-socialist and transitional experience in Central and Eastern European countries as well as a thought-provoking critique of current approaches, and builds a compelling case for cogent policymaking.

"This Cambridge Handbook is the first dedicated treatment of the interface between AI and private law, and the challenges that AI poses for private law. The Handbook brings together a global team of private law experts and computer scientists to examine the interface, identify the problems, and propose solutions"--

Exploring the often-neglected social dimension of sustainability and its relationship to human rights and environmental justice, this book is a resource for scholars, students and practitioners. It examines intersecting forms of oppression that produce environmental injustice, including subordination based on gender, race, poverty, and indigeneity.

Featuring thirty-five chapters from US, EU, and Asian scholars, this volume explores how algorithms are not only challenging current law, but also the foundations of society itself. The book's interdisciplinary approach makes it a key resource for scholars of law, information and computer science, and engineering, as well as legislators.

This multi-disciplinary Handbook examines human health research and its regulation. It uses real world examples - research using patient data, tissue and other human materials - to explore current challenges in delivering good medical research for the public good. Practical recommendations for real-world situations are a key feature of the book.

Combining conceptual insights with empirical data, this handbook explains what compliance is, what mechanisms and interventions shape it, how it is studied, and how it functions in practice across different sectors. It is for academics studying compliance and regulation and professionals managing compliance systems or forms of regulatory oversight.

This is the only comprehensive book on consumer privacy. It brings together world-class and highly diverse scholars, activists, business leaders, and policymakers. It is the only volume that readers need to consult to learn why consumer privacy is hotly debated and how progress can be made on the key issues.

With contributions from over thirty leading scholars and senior regulators from around the world, this book is for anyone interested in effective models for financial regulation. It provides a scholarly, multi-disciplinary, cross-jurisdictional and internationally comparative examination of current trends, with an emphasis on the Twin Peaks model.

This volume is for academics, lawyers, and policymakers seeking to understand some of the biggest lawsuits across the world. Contributing authors describe and assess class action procedure (or its equivalent) in nearly two dozen countries, provide empirical data on how regions are implementing the procedure, and make recommendations for reform.

This Handbook addresses, conceptually and practically, what the sharing economy means for law and how law, in turn, is shaping the sharing economy. It will appeal to an interdisciplinary audience of scholars and students studying the burgeoning sharing economy, along with policy makers, legislators, and regulators across multiple jurisdictions.

This Handbook will be an essential reference for scholars, students, practitioners, policymakers, and general readers interested in how corporate law and governance have exacerbated our most pressing environmental, social and economic challenges, and how reforms to these fields can help us resolve those challenges and achieve sustainability.

In this timely work, leading labor scholars analyze the decline in unions and offer a variety of innovative law reforms to reverse that trend. It will appeal to academics and students in law, economics, public policy, and industrial relations, as well as policymakers and practitioners interested in labor questions.

This collaboration between scholars, legal practitioners, and technology experts analyzes the ongoing evolution of smart contracts, based upon blockchain technology, from the perspective of existing legal frameworks. It will interest anyone interested in the disruptive effect of new technologies on the law generally, and contract law in particular.

This groundbreaking volume, edited by Jorge L. Contreras, assesses and analyzes the legal aspects of technical standards and standardization, shedding new light on how they shape the global technology marketplace and serving as an indispensable tool for scholars, practitioners, judges, and policymakers everywhere.

This volume provides a comprehensive collection of essays on police and policing, written by leading experts in political theory, sociology, criminology, economics, law, public health, and critical theory. This accessible, interdisciplinary work will be valuable for anyone interested in understanding the present and future of policing in the US.

There is intense interest among policymakers, business leaders, attorneys, academics, students, and the public regarding legal, technological, and policy issues relating to public and private surveillance. This Handbook documents and organizes these conversations, bringing together some of the most thoughtful and impactful contributors to contemporary surveillance debates, policies, and practices.

This Handbook brings together law and economics professors to assess the state of theory and practice, and to expose fault lines in the economics and legal doctrines surrounding the interface of antitrust, intellectual property, and high tech in an increasingly globalized world.

This Handbook brings together law and economics professors to assess the state of theory and practice, and to expose fault lines in the economics and legal doctrines surrounding the interface of antitrust, intellectual property, and high tech in an increasingly globalized world.

This illuminating Handbook brings together scholars from a range of fields and political perspectives to consider how classical liberal principles can help us understand and potentially address a variety of pressing social problems including immigration, climate change, and the growth of the prison population.

This Handbook addresses, conceptually and practically, what the sharing economy means for law and how law, in turn, is shaping the sharing economy. It will appeal to an interdisciplinary audience of scholars and students studying the burgeoning sharing economy, along with policy makers, legislators, and regulators across multiple jurisdictions.

This Handbook offers an authoritative guide to social enterprise law and policy. The work, which takes stock of the field and charts a course for its development, should be read by anyone interested in how companies are evolving to address demands for capitalism with a conscience.

This is the only comprehensive book on consumer privacy. It brings together world-class and highly diverse scholars, activists, business leaders, and policymakers. It is the only volume that readers need to consult to learn why consumer privacy is hotly debated and how progress can be made on the key issues.

This groundbreaking volume, edited by Jorge L. Contreras, assesses and analyzes the legal aspects of technical standards and standardization, shedding new light on how they shape the global technology marketplace and serving as an indispensable tool for scholars, practitioners, judges, and policymakers everywhere.

There is intense interest among policymakers, business leaders, attorneys, academics, students, and the public regarding legal, technological, and policy issues relating to public and private surveillance. This Handbook documents and organizes these conversations, bringing together some of the most thoughtful and impactful contributors to contemporary surveillance debates, policies, and practices.

This volume is a guide for scholars, policymakers, attorneys, teachers, judges, and students interested in the theories, policies, and doctrines of copyright law. Featuring experts from around the world, the handbook offers a systematic, comparative study of copyright in major jurisdictions including the United States, the European Union, and China.

This volume provides a comprehensive collection of essays on police and policing, written by leading experts in political theory, sociology, criminology, economics, law, public health, and critical theory. This accessible, interdisciplinary work will be valuable for anyone interested in understanding the present and future of policing in the US.

In this timely work, leading labor scholars analyze the decline in unions and offer a variety of innovative law reforms to reverse that trend. It will appeal to academics and students in law, economics, public policy, and industrial relations, as well as policymakers and practitioners interested in labor questions.

This volume assesses and analyzes legal aspects of technical standards and standardization, focusing on key areas including administrative, trade, copyright, trademark, and certification law. It will serve as an indispensable tool for scholars, practitioners, judges, and policymakers everywhere.

This volume describes and critically analyzes the international and regional frameworks of trademark law. A valuable resource for scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers, the book also provides comparative perspectives on substantive issues in trademark law and related fields, such as geographic indications, advertising law, and domain names.

This handbook is a must read for academics, arbitrators, practitioners, and students interested in a comparative analysis of the convergence and divergence of national and international commercial arbitration rules. The core areas of focus include the enforcement and vacation of arbitral awards and the interpretation of arbitration agreements.