Shaping Internet Governance: Regulatory Challenges

• Main Author: Weber, Rolf H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Law.; Computers.; Law and legislation.; Commercial law.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Intellectual property > Law and legislation.; Commercial Law.; Legal Aspects of Computing.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; International IT and Media Law, Intellectual Property Law.

The information society is a key issue in everyday life and a phenomenon enc- passing social, cultural, economic, and legal facettes. Currently, an information society’s legal framework is gradually crystallizing under the newly introduced term of “Internet governance”. During the last few years, in...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Perceptions of Governance
• Perceptions of Information Society
• Regulatory Approaches
• Historical Developments: From McBride to WSIS
• From ICANN to WSIS
• Organizational Framework in Internet Governance: Overview
• Policy and Technology Organizations
• Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
• World Summits of the Information Society and Internet Governance Forum
• European Dialogue on Internet Governance
• Philosophical and Sociological Environment: Philosophical Concepts of a Social Contract for the internet Community
• Multi-Stakeholderism in Internet Governance
• Discussion Topics of Internet Governance: Introduction
• Legitimacy
• Transparency
• Accountability
• Partipation
• Regulatory Issues: Introduction
• Critical Resources and Access
• Protection of Civil Liberties and Humanization of Internet Governance
• Security: Assuring Safety, Trust, and Reliability
• Bridging the Digital Divide
• Concluding Obervations.