Digital Constitutionalism in Europe - Reframing Rights and Powers in the Algorithmic Society

This book is about rights and powers in the digital age. It is an attempt to reframe the role of constitutional democracies in the algorithmic society. By focusing on the European constitutional framework as a lodestar, this book examines the rise and consolidation of digital constitutionalism as a reaction to digital capitalism. The primary goal is to examine how European digital constitutionalism can protect fundamental rights and democratic values against the charm of digital liberalism and the challenges raised by platform powers. Firstly, this book investigates the reasons leading to the development of digital constitutionalism in Europe. Secondly, it provides a normative framework analysing to what extent European constitutionalism provides an architecture to protect rights and limit the exercise of unaccountable powers in the algorithmic society. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

List of contents

1. Digital constitutionalism: An Introduction; 2. The rise of European digital constitutionalism; 3. The law of the platforms; 4. From parallel tracks to overlapping layers; 5. Digital constitutionalism and freedom of expression; 6. Digital constitutionalism, privacy and data protection; 7. The road ahead of European digital constitutionalism.

About the author

Giovanni De Gregorio is Postdoctoral Researcher working with the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford. His research interest deals with digital constitutionalism, platform governance and digital policy.

Summary

This book provides the first study on digital constitutionalism in Europe. The research explains the European constitutional reaction to the challenges of digital capitalism while exploring a normative perspective to protect fundamental rights and democracy in the algorithmic society based on the path of European digital constitutionalism.

Product details

• Authors: Giovanni De Gregorio, Giovanni (University of Oxford) De Gregorio
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2024
• EAN: 9781009069236
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0906923-6
• No. of pages: 382
• Series: Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, COMPUTERS / Security / General, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Communications, LAW / Computer & Internet, Politics & government, Politics and government, Privacy & data protection, Privacy and data protection, Constitution: government & the state, Law & society, Constitution: government and the state, Data Protection Law, Law and society, sociology of law, Freedom of expression law