Digital Constitutionalism - Celeste, Edoardo

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Résumé :
Investigating the impact of digital technology on contemporary constitutionalism, this book offers an overview of the transformations that are currently occurring at constitutional level, highlighting their link with ongoing societal changes....

Biographie:
Edoardo Celeste is Associate Professor in Law, Technology and Innovation at Dublin City University, Ireland....

Sommaire:

Table of Contents

1 - Introduction *

2 - A new constitutional moment *

Constitutional equilibrium *

Digital revolution *

Power over digital lives *

Orwellian nightmares *

New rulers *

Digital rights *

Enhanced freedoms *

Higher risks *

Constitutional change *

3 - Constitutional counteractions *

Targeted transformations *

Four examples *

Right to digital information *

Due process online *

Right to Internet access *

Data protection *

Uneven elaboration *

4 - Norms beyond the state *

A functional approach *

Constitutions and declarations *

Constitutional charters *

Limits of constitutions *

Internet bills of rights *

Public and private legislators *

Advantages of ordinary law *

Some examples *

Lex digitalis *

Lex Facebook *

Code as a constitution *

Courts and arbitrators *

National and supranational courts *

Private arbiters *

ICANN's arbitrators *

5 - The constitutionalisation of the digital society *

Constitutional pluralism *

The age of globalisation *

Multilevel theory *

Double reflexivity *

A single phenomenon *

Plurality and fragmentation *

Progressive translation *

Societal input *

6 - Digital constitutionalism *

Constitutionalism vs constitutionalisation *

The values of constitutionalism *

Constitutionalism in the digital age *

A new constitutionalism? *

7 - Towards an Internet Constitution? *

'Bytes can never hurt me' *

The end of innocence *

A constitution for the Internet *

Lessig: The constitution in the Internet *

Teubner: Civil constitutions *

Pernice: The constitution of the Internet society *

Rodot?: A charter of rights for the Internet *

Following Rodot?'s model *

Internet bills of rights *

Constitutional tone *

Limited scholarship *

A constitutional role? *

Datasets *

8 - The force of declarations *

Proto-constitutional discourses *

Experimentalism *

Communicability *

Gradualism *

Compensation and stimulation *

9 - Understanding the digital society *

A new law of the horse? *

Litmus test *

A complex delimitation *

What is really 'the Internet'? *

Datasets *

Institutions *

Reasons *

Relations *

Future-proof norms *

10 - Empowering global people *

Universal reach *

Restricting private power *

An enlarged social contract *

Participatory deliberation *

Theoretical models *

Individuals *

Civil society *

National parliaments *

International organisations *

Global multi-stakeholder forums *

A new constituent power *

11 - Translating fundamental rights *

An aerial view *

Common roots *

Human dignity *

Life, liberty and security *

Protection of children and disabled people *

Right to a healthy environment *

Economic freedom *

Online as offline *

Freedom of expression *

Freedom and secrecy of correspondence *

Freedom of association and assembly *

Generalisation and re-specification *

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