The Normative Order of the Internet
A Theory of Rule and Regulation Online
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:27th Jul '20
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There is order on the internet, but how has this order emerged and what challenges will threaten and shape its future? This study shows how a legitimate order of norms has emerged online, through both national and international legal systems. It establishes the emergence of a normative order of the internet, an order which explains and justifies processes of online rule and regulation. This order integrates norms at three different levels (regional, national, international), of two types (privately and publicly authored), and of different character (from ius cogens to technical standards). Matthias C. Kettemann assesses their internal coherence, their consonance with other order norms and their consistency with the order's finality. The normative order of the internet is based on and produces a liquefied system characterized by self-learning normativity. In light of the importance of the socio-communicative online space, this is a book for anyone interested in understanding the contemporary development of the internet. This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.
A significant contribution to the field of Internet law and governance: there's nothing more practical than a good theory. * Urs Gasser, Executive Director, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University; Professor of Practice, Harvard Law School *
Both necessary and timely. * Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, University of Oxford *
The substantial merit of the work lies in its description of the internet's order from a normative point of view and in putting this order in a discourse with the disordered literature. * Stefan Kadelbach, Professor of Public Law, European Law and International Law, University of Frankfurt *
With this book a theory of normativity (or of the law) that goes back to Kant has to be rethought. * Thomas Vesting, Professor of Public Law and Media Law and Theory, University of Frankfurt *
A fascinating study with path-breaking innovative analysis. A great achievement. * Rainer Forst, Professor of Political Philosophy , Research Centre Normative Orders, University of Frankfurt *
Everyone who does not want to surrender to apocalyptic scenarios of digital totalitarianism should listen to Kettemann's voice. * Klaus Günther, Professor of Legal Theory, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Frankfurt *
The book comes at exactly the right time. * Wolfgang Schulz, Director of the Leibniz Institute for Media Research, Hans-BredowInstitut, Hamburg; Director of the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin *
Kettemann brilliantly provides a fresh look at the Internet's normative order * Wolfgang Benedek, Professor emeritus of International Law, University of Graz; Former director of the European Training Centre for Human Rights and Democracy *
Kettemann's book helps understand the complexity of the Internet's normative order in a multistakeholder environment. * Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Professor emeritus, University of Aarhus; former ICANN Board Member; Comissioner, Global Commission on Stability in Cyberspace *
ISBN: 9780198865995
Dimensions: 244mm x 178mm x 26mm
Weight: 848g
382 pages