Legal Challenges in the New Digital Age

Ana Mercedes Lopez Rodriguez, Ph.D. (2002), University of Aarhus, is Associate Professor of Private International Law and Comparative Law at Universidad Loyola Andalucía. She has published widely, including articles in high impact journals. She is also an independent arbitrator. Maria Lubomira Kubica, Ph.D. (2015), University of Girona, is Assistant Professor of Civil and Comparative Law at Universidad Loyola Andalucía and a member of European Law Institute where she participates in Special Interest Groups on Private Global Law and Digital Law. Michael D. Green, J.D. (1975), University of Pennsylvania, is Williams Professor of Law at Wake Forest University School of Law where he teaches in the torts and mass torts field and has lectured and taught in various venues in Europe and China.

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PART 1

Existing Legal Concepts And Disruptive Technologies



1 Tort Law and New Technologies

  Eugenia Dacoronia



2 Geo-Blocking and EU Competition Law in the Digital Era

  Michele Messina



3 (In)fallible Smart Legal Contracts

  Manuel A. Gómez



4 An Analysis on the Application of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records on Contract Automation and Metadata

  Jurij Lampic & Irene Ng (Huang Ying)



5 The Electronic Devices Used for Testamentary Disposition Under Polish Law

  Wojciech Banczyk



6 EU Customs Regulation, Patent Assertion Entities and the New Surge of Abusive Practices in Europe

  Matteo Dragoni



PART 2

The Impact Of Digitalization On Privacy And Fundamental Rights



7 General Data Protection Regulation, Fundamental Rights and Private International Law

  Giulia Rossolillo



8 Legal and Ethical Implications of eHealth Big Data———A Comparative Perspective between Japan and Catalonia

  Albert Ruda



9 Artificial Intelligence in Criminal Courts

 Opportunity or Threat?

  Luca Lupària Donati



10 Coping with Identity Theft and Fear of Identity Theft in the Digital Age

  Naci Akdemir



11 Algorithmic Dispute Resolution

 Will the Decision of a Robo-Arbitrator Fall under the New York Convention?

  Rafael Carlos del Rosal Carmona



12 Social Media as Monitoring Tools in the Workplace

 A Threat to Employees’ Right to a Private Life?

  Stefania Casiglia



PART 3

Implementing New Technologies In The Legal Field



13 Blockchain and Its Impact on Human Rights

  Ana Mercedes López Rodríguez



14 The Spoken Word, the Written Word and the Digital Word

 Discursive Discontinuities and Change of Legal Canons

  Flávia Noversa Loureiro



15 Personalization of Consumer Contracts—Should We Personalize Interpretation Rules?

  Katarzyna Południak-Gierz



16 The Fate of Law as Technology and Technology as Legal Reasoning

 The Red Queen Effect in Smart Cities

  María Luisa Gómez Jiménez



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