Coding Regulation: Essays on the Normative Role of Information Technology

The collected essays in this book concern the intriguing matter of the interaction between law and technology and the normative role of information technology. More precisely, they focus on the way information and communication technologies regulate human behaviour. Can information technology be an alternative to legal regulation and, if so, what are the risks?

In this book the question is addressed as to how law interacts with technology in general and whether software (‘code’) can be u...