International Law and Technological Change : Testing the Adaptability of International Law.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Couzigou, Irène.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar international law and technology.

Elgar International Law and Technology Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology and law.

International law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

This comprehensive book explores the consequences of modern technology for procedural and substantive areas of international law. It examines to what extent existing principles and rules of international law can adapt to unprecedented technological changes.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

List of Contributors

Chapter 1: Introduction: International law and technological change

PART I: TECHNOLOGY, INTERNATIONAL LEGAL DISCOURSE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW-MAKING

Chapter 2: Investigations with digital open-source information and the stabilization of international norms: Protecting the principle of non-refoulement

Chapter 3: The challenges posed to democratic governance by Big Tech: What role for international law?

Chapter 4: A computational turn in customary international law: A solution to the discontents with the identification of custom?

PART II: TECHNOLOGY, IMPLEMENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

Section I: Challenges for international human rights law and ref

Chapter 5: Translating and developing international human rights law in the online sphere: The role of Meta's Oversight Board

Chapter 6: The European Union's border security ecosystem - reconciling technological development, human rights and security threats at the borders of Europe

Chapter 7: International refugee law in the digital age: Opportunities and challenges

Section II: Challenges for international humanitarian law

Chapter 8: Hypersonic weapons and international law: Incompatibilities with arms control treaties and international humanitarian law

Chapter 9: The law of targeting's mechanization and objectivization through the use of artificial intelligence

PART III: TECHNOLOGY AND INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY

Chapter 10: 'The computer did it, not me!' The challenges of allocating international legal responsibility for the use of autonomous cyber capabilities enabled by artificial intelligence

Chapter 11: International human rights law in the era of blockchain: Redefining accountability in decentralized systems.

Chapter 12: Conclusion: International law and technological change

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-03-538177-X

1-03-532933-6

9781035329335

OCLC:

1570229426