Constitutional Rights and New Technologies: A Comparative Study

by Ronald E. Leenes (Editor), Bert-Jaap Koops (Editor), Paul De Hert (Editor)

Overview

New technologies affect the legal system, but do they and should they also affect constitutional rights? These are questions that every country has to address, taking into account their constitutional system and legal tradition. This book surveys changes in constitutional rights and human-rights policy related to developments in ICT and new technologies in the USA, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands. The seven country reports provide in-depth accounts of changes to the constitutional system (such as a constitutional review and the influence of international law), case law and (policy) developments with respect to freedom of expression, privacy, inviolability of the body, inviolability of the home and freedom of communication. The book is recommended to policy-makers, members of the judiciary, academics and practitioners, as it provides inspiration for diverging strategies to achieve continued protection for the widely-shared constitutional values of privacy and freedom of expression.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789067042468
Publisher:	T.M.C. Asser Press
Publication date:	02/14/2008
Series:	Information Technology and Law Series , #15
Edition description:	1st Edition.
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Dr R. E. Leenes is Associate Professor at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT), Tilburg University, The Netherlands.

Professor Dr Bert-Jaap Koops is Professor of Regulation & Technology at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT), Tilburg University, The Netherlands.

Paul De Hert is Associate Professor of Law and Technology at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT) and Professor of Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction Ronald Leenes, Bert-Jaap Koops and Paul De Hert; 2. Constitutional Rights and New Technologies in Belgium Els Kindt, Eva Lievens, Elenis Kosta, Thomas Leys and Paul De Hert; 3. Constitutional Rights and New Technologies in Canada Jason M. Youg; 4. Constitutional Rights and New Technologies in France Fanny Coudert, Anne Debet and Paul De Hert; 5. Constitutional Rights and New Technologies in Germany Thomas Hoeren and Anselm Rodenhausen; 6. Constitutional Rights and New Technologies in the Netherlands Bert-Jaap Koops and Marga Groothuis; 7. Constitutional Rights and New Technologies in Sweden Cecilia Magnusson Sjöberg; 8. Constitutional Rights and New Technologies in the United States Susan W. Brenner; 9. Conclusions and Recommendations Paul De Hert, Bert-Jaap Koops and Ronald Leenes; Appendix: Participants to the Workshop Constitutional Rights and New Technologies, The Hague, 1 December 2006.