Global Perspectives on Legal Challenges Posed by Ridesharing Companies (eBook)

This book examines how regulators and policymakers from nine different countries have dealt with Uber, and initiates a legal dialogue between different jurisdictions that could potentially pave the way to a harmonized approach in regulating Uber. The case studies, conducted in Brazil, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, South Africa, Turkey, the UK and the US reveal the case law and regulatory responses that have been adopted in various areas of law. Legal issues relevant to Uber include market regulation, labor law, civil liability, consumer protection, unfair competition and antitrust law. The book thus compares and contrasts the regulatory policy implications of the disruptive innovation created by Uber in the area of transport services.

 

The book starts with a conceptual overview of the legal challenges posed by Uber and concludes with comparative findings based on the individual case studies. In addition to introducing academics and legal practitioners to the theoretical and practical legal problems they may encounter in connection with Uber, the book will especially appeal to policymakers, who can benefit from and compare the experiences of other jurisdictions.

Dr. Zeynep Ayata is an Assistant Professor at Koç University. Zeynep's expertise and research interests are in European Union law, competition law, law and economics. She holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, an LLB from Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, an LLM from College of Europe (Bruges) and a PhD in private law from Ankara University.  She was a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Competition and Innovation, at the British Institute of International and Comparative law and at the University of Cambridge. She was a review panel member for COST Action for two years. She conducted a Seed Fund Project at Koç University on the regulation of collaborative platforms in the EU and its member states. She is the chair of the Law Schools Global League Business and Law Working Group. 

 

Dr. I??k Önay is an Assistant Professor at Koç University and the coordinator of the LLM program in Private Law. He holds an LLB from Koç University, an LLM from Queen Mary University of London and a PhD from Istanbul University and was a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Law in Hamburg. His areas of interest and expertise are contract law, tort law and civil law. He was the chair of the organization committee for the 6^th Annual Conference of Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law in 2017, which was hosted by Koç University.

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This book examines how regulators and policymakers from nine different countries have dealt with Uber, and initiates a legal dialogue between different jurisdictions that could potentially pave the way to a harmonized approach in regulating Uber. The case studies, conducted in Brazil, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, South Africa, Turkey, the UK and the US reveal the case law and regulatory responses that have been adopted in various areas of law. Legal issues relevant to Uber include market regulation, labor law, civil liability, consumer protection, unfair competition and antitrust law. The book thus compares and contrasts the regulatory policy implications of the disruptive innovation created by Uber in the area of transport services. The book starts with a conceptual overview of the legal challenges posed by Uber and concludes with comparative findings based on the individual case studies. In addition to introducing academics and legal practitioners to the theoretical and practical legal problems they may encounter in connection with Uber, the book will especially appeal to policymakers, who can benefit from and compare the experiences of other jurisdictions.