Overview

From the mid-1990s onwards concerns regarding the exposure of children to harmful content in the increasingly digital media environment intensified. Soon thereafter policy makers across Europe realised that alternative regulatory instruments, such as self- and co-regulation, might be more appropriate than traditional legislation to address this matter of public interest. Taking the complex and delicate nature of protecting minors into account, this book provides an in-depth legal analysis of the alternative regulatory instruments that can be used to regulate content in the digital era, with particular attention to the protection of fundamental rights, such as freedom of expression, privacy and procedural guarantees, internal market regulation, competition rules, and implementation requirements.

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Author:   Eva Lievens
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Volume:   105
Weight:   1.188kg
ISBN:  

9789004184770

ISBN 10:   9004184775
Pages:   586
Publication Date:   26 July 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Excerpt of the table of contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; I. Introduction 1.Background; 2.Delineation; 3.Structure II. Part 1 Chapter 1. Setting: Notions, issues & policy history 1.1. Clarification of the constitutive elements 1.2. Protecting minors against harmful digital media content: identifying the regulatory challenges 1.3. Conclusion Chapter 2. Alternative regulatory instruments 2.1. Regulation 2.2. Alternative regulation in policy documents 2.3. Overview and analysis of different alternative regulatory instruments 2.4. Conclusion III. Part 2 Chapter 1. Legal Framework ('de lege lata') 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Human Rights - Children's rights 1.3. Human Rights: freedom of expression, privacy and procedural guarantees 1.4. Content regulation 1.5. Internal market and competition 1.6. General EU legislative principles and requirements 1.7. Conclusion Chapter 2. Using ARIs to protect minors from harmful content: compliance with the legal framework 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Evaluation of different alternative regulatory instruments: compliance with the legal framework 2.3. Conclusion: ARIs and their compatibility with the European legal framework IV: Concluding remarks and recommendations for the future 1. Retrospective of the research undertaken 2. Conclusions 3. Recommendations and indications for future research Bibliography;Index.

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Eva Lievens, Ph.D. (2009) in Law, K.U.Leuven, is a postdoctoral researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Law & ICT (K.U.Leuven). She regularly publishes on the legal aspects and impact of new communication phenomena.

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