Global Technology and Legal Theory: Transnational Constitutionalism, Google and the European Union

The rise and spread of the Internet has accelerated the global flows of money,

technology and information that are increasingly perceived as a challenge to the

traditional regulatory powers of nation states and the effectiveness of their constitutions.

The acceleration of these flows poses new legal and political problems

to their regulation and control, as shown by recent conflicts between Google and

the European Union (EU).

This book investigates the transnational constitutional dimension of r...