The law in the information and risk society / Gunnar Duttge and Sang Won Lee (Hg.)

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Duttge, Gunnar, editor.

Lee, Sang Won, editor.

Series:

Göttinger juristische schriften ; Band 10.

Göttinger juristische schriften ; Band 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Congresses.

Law.

International law--Congresses.

International law.

Information society--Congresses.

Information society.

Risk--Congresses.

Risk.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 166 pages) : digital file(s).

Place of Publication:

Göttingen : Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 2011.

Language Note:

English.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The information and risk society poses a new challenge for the law in all its fragments. Modern media communication and technologies increase people’s prosperity while stating new risks with not uncommonly devastating crisis-potential: The banking crisis, the safety net for the euro zone and the nuclear incident in Fukushima are only the latest forms of those specific modern common dangers which the law is facing – in many cases due to it’s domestically limited validity - not or not sufficiently prepared. In order to promote the international dialog within the jurisprudence there was a conference in October 2010 held by the faculty of law of the Georg-August-Universität, supported by the chair of GAU, together with the faculty of Seoul National University School of Law discussing main issues of law in a modern information and risk society. With this volume the results of this convention shall be made accessible to everybody interested. Thereby it illustrates not only the variety of new issues and aspects, but also reveals that this can only be the beginning on the way to a deeper understanding of the complex correlations.

Contents:

Section 1: Constitutional Principles, Data Privacy and Medical Law

Liberal Democracy in State of Emergency: Seen By Standing on the Shoulders of Carl Schmitt / Hong Sik Cho

Risk Management by the Government and the Constitution / Werner Heun

Information as the Basis of Parliamentary Responsibility for European Integration / Frank Schorkopf

The Right to Ignorance in Medicine / Gunnar Duttge

Recent Research Accidents and New Approaches to Vaccination / Erwin Deutsch

Section 2: Contract Law, Industrial Law and Governing Stock Exchange

Judicial Modification of Contract in Relation to the Change of Circumstances / Youngjoon Kwon

New Developments in Data Privacy for Employees in German Law / Rüdiger Krause

Section 3. Internet Law and Intellectual Property

Korean Netizen Equality in the Shadow of Real Name Verification / John M. Leitner

An overview of food safety regulation in Korea

Precautionary Principle vs. Cost-Benefit Analysis / Seong Wook Heo

Section 4: Criminal Law and Criminology - Obscenity in a Changing Society / Sang Won Lee

Endanger Law: War on Risks in German Criminal Law / María Laura Böhm.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

798295455