Regulating technologies legal futures, regulatory frames and technological fixes /

• Other Authors: Brownsword, Roger., Yeung, Karen.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart, 2008.
• Subjects: Technology and law.; Technological innovations > Law and legislation.; Computer networks.; Intellectual property.; Internet.; Technological innovations.; LAW > Business & Financial.; LAW > General. > Intellectual Property; Electronic books.; Computer network resources.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 396 pages)
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781847314642 (electronic bk.); 1847314643 (electronic bk.); 1282048538; 9781282048539

While it is a truism that emerging technologies present both opportunities for and challenges to their host communities, the legal community has only recently begun to consider their significance. On the one hand, emerging information, bio, nano, and neurotechnologies challenge policy-makers who aspire to put in place a regulatory environment that is legitimate, effective, and sustainable; on the other hand, these same technologies offer new opportunities as potentially powerful regulatory instruments. In this unique volume, a team of leading international scholars address many of the key diffi.