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The future of law and eTechnologies
Kerikmäe T., Rull A., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2016. 233 pp. Type: Book (978-3-319268-94-1)
Date Reviewed: Jul 20 2016

With the exception of the brief introduction, every chapter in this esoteric volume appears to be authored by an Estonian academic. This fact explained to me the nation-centric nature of the material.

Chapters start with “Theorising (sp) on Digital Legal (Outer) Space,” and “‘My Agent Will Not Let Me Talk to the General’: Software Agents as a Tool Against Internet Scams.” Chapters 3 and 4 are on e-citizenship and e-residency. Next, intellectual property and 3D printing, Bitcoin and smart contracts, usability factors in transactional design, and, surprisingly, digital marriage and divorce are discussed. The volume concludes with an Estonian legal perspective regarding digital evidence.

After reading, I did look up Estonia and its digital initiatives. Intriguing as they are, this volume is so site specific that the title does not do the contents justice; it will have a narrow circle of potential readers. More robust general discussions are found in other titles [1,2].

Reviewer:  David Bellin Review #: CR144602 (1610-0739)
1) Murray, A. Information technology law: the law and society (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2013.
2) Lloyd, I. Information technology law. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2014.
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