Addressing "Libel Tourism"

Authors

Lili Levi, University of Miami School of LawFollow

Document Type

Chapter

Publication Date

2012

Publication Title

Transnational Culture in the Internet Age

Abstract

Digital technology has transformed global culture, connecting and empowering users on a hitherto unknown scale. Existing paradigms from intellectual property rights to cultural diversity and telecommunications regulation seem increasingly obsolete, confounding policymakers and provoking wide-ranging debate. Transnational Culture in the Internet Age draws on a range of disciplines to examine new approaches to regulating communications and cultural production.

The insightful contributions shed new light on insufficiently examined issues and highlight connections that cut across the many different domains in which such regulations operate. Building upon the framework presented by David Post – one of the first and most prominent scholars of cyber law and a contributor to this volume – the authors address the implications and economics of the Internet’s astronomical scale, jurisdiction and enforcement of the web as it relates to topics including libel tourism and threats to free speech, and the power of global communication to dissolve and recreate identities.

ISBN

978 0 85793 133 7

Publisher Information

Edward Elgar Publishing

Recommended Citation

Lili Levi, Addressing "Libel Tourism" in TRANSNATIONAL CULTURE IN THE INTERNET AGE (Sean A. Pager and Adam Candeub, eds., 2012)