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Dangerous technologies ::crime and digital divides in (South) Africa /
No full textDangerous Technologies focuses on the prevalent theft of consumer electronics in post-Apartheid South Africa. Through a material culture perspective, it explores why these objects have commonly been targeted by bandits and subsequently circulated through the criminal underground. The author traces ethnographically how devices travel between various social spheres, delving into the experiences of a range of individuals: from diverse residents who fall victim to criminals, to the bandits who steal electronics for money or drugs, the African migrants who export consignments of stolen electronics to their home countries, the envious residents who buy stolen electronics, and, finally, the police attempting to grapple with the problem. Dangerous Technologies suggests that electronics have widened digital divides between citizens, resulting in underground circuits that seek to violently redistribute enviable electronics to low-income residents who have not been able to formally participate in electronics consumption and use. Due to porous borders, the widespread theft and redistribution of electronics do not only stem from internal inequalities within South African society but also from broader disparities across the African continent. The book furthers knowledge about how and why particularly modern electronics have precipitated violent property crime in democratic South Africa. It is relevant to scholars of social and cultural anthropology, particularly those with an interest in material culture, digital anthropology, and economic and political anthropology, as well as criminologists
Liabilities and modern artificial intelligence ::a tri-phase model /
No full textThis book addresses how private law liability should be assigned in contexts where modern forms of AI are deployed.AI as a technology holds the potential to radically improve global society, yet the pace of its advancement far outstrips the pace at which legal systems are responding. This book explores legal approaches to AI, how AI should be legally characterised, and proposes an overarching theoretical liability framework termed the Tri-Phase AI Liability Model. This framework is flexible in nature and considers the type of AI, the context in which it is deployed, who has the most control over the AI system and the capacity of a deployed AI. In response, this book brings greatly needed clarity to the evolving landscape of AI governance, aiding in resolving existing and emerging private law challenges.This book is a timely response to the urgent need to resolve private law liabilities and will appeal to legal professionals, policy makers, and scholars looking to understand or contribute to the current and future governance of AI within private law
ADMISSION AND INTEGRATION OF REFUGEES IN EUROPE ::legal and policy perspectives /
No full text"The Admission and Integration of Refugees in Europe argues for a more interconnected understanding of laws and policies for the admission and integration of refugees and asylum seekers in the European Union. Admission and integration normally refer to different phases of the migratory process, but this demonstrates that they are inherently interconnected. Certain legal statuses conferred in admission procedures are directly relevant for the integration prospects of migrants, and the success or failure to integrate has potential repercussions for residence rights, although refugees are in that respect better protected than other immigrants. Legal pluralism further complicates the European context, as admission is often seen as under European Union jurisdiction, and integration as a member state consideration. However, the book argues that this legal pluralism in fact helps us to better explain how interaction between admission and integration takes place across laws and legal orders. Combining broad conceptual and constitutional analysis with closer readings of specific policies and country-specific case studies, this book demonstrates the potential for specific admission policies to either promote or hinder integration. This book will be an important contribution to debates on European asylum and refugee law, human rights, and migrant integration policy"-- Provided by publisher
ADOPTION IN INDIA ::evolving policies, parenting experiences and adoptee narratives.
No full textThis book highlights the complexities and multi-dimensionalities of child adoption in India by challenging the prevalent adoption theories. It is the only book to lend a voice to adopted children and adults. It foregrounds the narratives of many families in their experiences of adoption together with the author's personal account as an adoptive parent.The volume outlines parenting practices that lead to success and well-being achieved through adoption. The first unit deals with the 'macro' delineation of child adoption, while the second discusses the 'micro' concerns of parents and children in the Indian context. It also analyses the socio-political and socio-cultural contexts within which adoptions take place. It includes excerpts from the guidelines for in-country adoption, the Juvenile Justice Act and the Hague Convention on inter-country adoptions.This book would be useful to the students, researchers, and faculty of Social Work, Human Development, Education, Psychology, Sociology and Law. It will also be an indispensable companion to adoptive parents (domestic and inter-country), adoptees (domestic and abroad), psychologists, therapists, psychiatrists, and policy makers
ESSENTIAL CONTRACT LAW FOR SQE1
No full text"Essential Contract Law for SQE1 explains the key principles of contract law in a clear, concise, and easy-to-understand style. Written specifically for SQE study, this book covers all of the topics contained in the syllabus for the Contract law subject area in SQE1 Functioning Legal Knowledge (FLK) assessments. The book provides a clear and structured approach with opportunities to apply the relevant principles to contract law. It also includes a range of features designed to help you test and confirm your knowledge of contractual legal principles, including: -Revision points: Each chapter concludes with a concise list of key revision points. -Multiple Choice Questions: Each section of the book provides multiple choice questions following the SQE1 question format (with answers to enable you to test your knowledge). Part of Routledge's Essential Law for SQE1 series, this concise and accessible text provides a clear understanding of the key contractual principles the core rules that underpin contract law and will enable you to test your assessment skills. Without the assumption of any prior knowledge of contract law, it is suitable for both undergraduates and non-law graduates"-
Intellectual property futures ::exploring the global landscape of IP law and policy /
No full text"The past few decades have been witness to a number of important developments with respect to the global intellectual property (IP) system, which defined broadly encompasses the network of international and regional treaties, constitutional documents, national laws, court decisions, and local practices that make up the substantive and procedural body of IP law worldwide. These developments include the movement away from multilateralism towards bilateralism/regionalism; growing recognition of the various ways in which IP intersects with and impacts areas including human rights, development, trade, and social justice; broad acknowledgement of the economic worth of many IP rights; and important theoretical interventions that have challenged the principles and values underlying the global IP system, including through critical IP theory and the theory of new constitutionalism. These developments have occurred alongside a number of other events, changes, and crises that have changed the landscape of our global communities. Chief among them are climate change; armed conflicts; the COVID-19 pandemic; economic changes to work; and technological shifts including those relating to the internet and artificial intelligence, and their role in society. These economic, environmental, and technological changes have occurred alongside a growing recognition of the inequities that exist within and between societies as well as the ways in which these inequities are reinforced and maintained through systemic discrimination and ongoing colonialism. Given these developments, events, changes, and crises, what is the future of the global IP system? To what extent will the enactment of new treaties (or the reform or implementation of existing treaties) shape IP law over the coming years? What role, if any, will constitutional documents (including bills of rights) play in the context of the global IP system? Will today's transformations lead to substantive reform of areas of IP law including copyright, trademark, and patents, and if so, which reforms will be given priority? What principles and values will animate the global IP system moving forward? This book is grounded in the belief that there are many possible futures for the global IP system. Countless pathways lay ahead of us, that can be followed or pursued, leading to a multiplicity of outcomes. These futures can materialize in many different ways. Social movements can reach into and through IP to effect change and to embed new values and perspectives. An idea can emerge (sometimes in multiple places at the same time) and, through the hard work of individuals and collectives, both change the way in which individuals perceive a body of law and reshape the law itself. Technological change can create a set of futures that otherwise might not have been available or even imagined."-
Digital sovereignty and the green transition ::EU challenges in times of war and energy crisis /
No full textThis book is the first investigation of the relationship between EU digital sovereignty and sustainability strategies. It maps the ambitions and limitations of EU digital strategic autonomy and explores the structural challenges underlying its relationship with its green transition objectives in the context of the ongoing wars in neighbouring European countries and the consequent tensions in the EU energy sector. The EU is racing to achieve technological independence from third countries and foreign multinational companies to protect its digital sovereignty and preserve its fundamental rights. In the EU, digitalisation and the green transformation are seen as twin transitions. Yet, EU digital sovereignty strategies have a significant environmental cost. Reaching a status of strategic autonomy of the EU at the level of digital infrastructures, products, services and data implies higher energy consumption and exploitation of natural resources. Moreover, the geopolitical tensions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine have provoked an unprecedented energy crisis, which is affecting EU economies and impacting objectives of the twin transitions. The book offers an interdisciplinary analysis of the major EU regulatory and policy instruments in this field, providing an invaluable guide for academics, practitioners, and policymakers navigating the complex issues of preserving digital sovereignty and addressing climate change in times of war and energy crisis
Law and policy of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) ::prospects and challenges for trade and investment in Africa / Tapiwa Victor Warikandwa, Howard Chitimira, Patrick C. Osode, editors.
No full text"The Africa We Want" has developed as a critical long-term development strategy for the African continent -- and has never been more relevant than in this book, which provides a thorough examination of the African Continental Free Trade Area's role in expanding intra-African commerce and strengthening Africa's trade position in the world market. Gathering chapters written by experts on commercial law, economic law, international trade law and related fields, it seeks to answer the following question: what are the issues that influence the African Continental Free Trade Area's potential and challenges? The book provides an in-depth analysis of various contemporary aspects within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), as well as country-specific case studies and comparative analyses of selected developments that inform the AfCFTA. As the authors show, the AfCFTA faces substantial and numerous challenges that include the existence of different regulatory environments in different countries, political instability, technical and technological shortcomings, businesses' inability to obtain credit from banks, among other issues. This book will appeal to trade lawyers, economists, financial and prudential regulation analysts, researchers, policy and development analysts, government officials, among others. The book highlights the undeniable need for adequate continental legislative and policy frameworks to facilitate intra-Africa trade, foreign direct investment, and ease of doing business on the continent
