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This book offers a legal commentary of the EU's new 'digital constitution': the Digital Services Act (DSA). It provides a detailed, article-by -article analysis of the legislation to assist legal practitioners, academics, and public authorities in the interpretation and application of this important and complex new law.
List of contents
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
- CHAPTER II: LIABILITY OF PROVIDERS OF INTERMEDIARY SERVICES
- CHAPTER III: DUE DILIGENCE OBLIGATIONS FOR A TRANSPARENT AND SAFE ONLINE ENVIRONMENT
- CHAPTER IV: IMPLEMENTATION, COOPERATION, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT
- CHAPTER V: FINAL PROVISIONS
- CHAPTER VI: CONCLUDING COMMENTS
About the author
Dr Folkert Wilman has been a member of the European Commission's Legal Service since 2009, having previously worked as a qualified lawyer in the Netherlands and Brussels. He holds a PhD in European law and completed masters in both European law and political sciences. Wilman specialises in matters relating to the EU's digital single market, with a particular focus on tackling illegal online content and enforcement-related matters. He has authored monographs on the private enforcement of EU law and on the responsibility of online intermediaries for illegal content, published numerous academic articles, and regularly teaches on these topics.
Dr Saulius Lukas Kal¿da is a judge at the General Court of the European Union and associate professor at the Vilnius University Faculty of Law. Prior to his judicial appointment, he served as a Legal Secretary (law clerk) at the Court of Justice of the EU and, subsequently, as a member of the European Commission's Legal Service, where he was notably responsible for the EU's digital legislation. He is a graduate of Vilnius University (Lithuania) and holds a PhD in law from the Jagiellonian University (Kraków, Poland), where he teaches regularly. He published on various topics of EU institutional law and digital regulation, focusing on the EU remedies in the area of new technologies.
Paul-John Loewenthal is a member of the European Commission's Legal Service. He has represented the Commission in over 250 cases before the EU courts, national courts, and international tribunals. He has worked on all recent legislative proposals in the digital field, including the Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, Artificial Intelligence Act and Data Act. He previously worked as a law clerk at the EU Court of Justice, as an attorney at an international law firm, and as a lecturer at Harvard University and the University of Oxford. He holds degrees from Harvard Law School, the University of Oxford, and Leiden University.
Summary
This book offers a legal commentary of the EU's new 'digital constitution': the Digital Services Act (DSA). It provides a detailed, article-by -article analysis of the legislation to assist legal practitioners, academics, and public authorities in the interpretation and application of this important and complex new law.
