Revisiting the Regulation of Human Fertilisation and Embryology asks an increasingly iterated question in the field of human reproductive law and ethics: has the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (“the 2008 Act”) achieved its stated aim of being “fit
Solidarity in Biomedicine and Beyond
In an age punctuated by local and global crises (pandemics, natural disasters, and political calamities come most prominently to mind), and a seemingly ever-growing shift towards individualistic, consumerist behaviour (coded in part by a neoliberal socio-political ethos of self-responsibilisation), what
Intellectual Property and General Legal Principles: Is IP a Lex Specialis?
Graeme Dinwoodie, one of the most prolific, highly-regarded, and internationally renowned intellectual property (IP) scholars, has edited a fine-tuned collection of academic writings that explore the hierarchical relationship between IP and other areas of the law. Intellectual Property and General
The Fundamental Right to Data Protection: Normative Value in the Context of Counter-Terrorism Surveillance
Maria Tzanou’s book, The Fundamental Right to Data Protection: Normative Value in the Context of Counter-Terrorism Surveillance, places at the centre stage “the scope, the content and the capabilities of data protection as a fundamental right to resolve problems and
The Aisles Have Eyes: How Retailers Track Your Shopping, Strip Your Privacy, and Define Your Power
It is hard to imagine that in the late 1990s many high street retailers did not regard the online environment as something more valuable than a space to announce their presence to the outside world. Amazon.com not only filled this
Collisions in the Digital Paradigm
David Harvey[1] is both a practising and an academic lawyer. Prior to becoming director of the Centre for ICT Law at the University of Auckland, he was for several decades a litigator and a District Court Judge in New Zealand.
Courts, Privacy and Data Protection in the Digital Environment
Courts, Privacy and Data Protection in the Digital Environment, edited by Maja Brkan and Evangelia Psychogiopoulou, provides the reader what the title suggests: a birds-eye view of the case law of the European supranational and national courts on the protection
Privacy and Healthcare Data: ‘Choice of Control’ to ‘Choice’ and ‘Control’
In this timely, thought-provoking, and forward-looking book, Christina Munns, an informatics consultant based in Leeds, and Subhajit Basu, an Associate Professor in Information Technology Law at the University of Leeds School of Law, argue that patients should be empowered by
Group Privacy: New Challenges of Data Technologies
Big data analytics has gradually come into public view since the dawn of 21st century, yet a detailed inquiry concerning its social and legal implications has been missing in the discourse on privacy and data protection. This book, Group Privacy:
The Liability of Internet Intermediaries
Jaani Riordan’s recent book, The Liability of Internet Intermediaries, maps the legal issues arising from the mediated environment of information flows. It is a timely book: in its recent communication, Digital Single Market Strategy (DSMS), the EU Commission identified Internet