Tobias Mahler, Faculty of Law, The University of Oslo, Norway

• Contents:PART I ICANN AND GENERIC TOP-LEVEL DOMAINS1. Introduction 2. A global ‘private’ regime governing the Domain Name System (DNS) 3. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on a path toward a constitutional system 4. The 2012 generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) programme PART II THE INTERNET CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS (ICANN) AS A TRANSNATIONAL REGULATOR5. Transnational private regulation 6. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN’s) regulatory authority PART III PROPERTY RIGHTS AND COMPETITION IN THE DOMAIN NAME MARKET7. Property rights in generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) 8. Market regulation PART IV THE PROCEDURE FOR ALLOCATING GENERIC TOP-LEVEL DOMAIN (GTLD) RIGHTS9. The application process 10. Expert determinations and procedural fairness PART V REGULATING DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION AND USE11. ‘Public interest’ regulation 12. Regulated non-use of domain names 13. Concluding remarks Bibliography Index

'Tobias Mahler's book Generic Top-Level Domains is a highly important contribution to the newly developing concept of transnational private regulation. The alteration and expansion of the domain name space since 2012 merit the given deep analysis of the globally applicable rules pertaining to an emerging class of legal sources and of the changing property and contract rights notions. The book convincingly also pleads for the implementation of a more elaborated ICANN arbitration system.'--Rolf H. Weber, University of Zürich, Switzerland'This study by Tobias Mahler is a sophisticated, highly recommended piece of research. It describes the whole universe of ICANNs theories and their role in establishing new gTLDs. With his broad knowledge and expertise in information law, Tobias Mahler capably defines new problems related to the regulation of gTLDs. Everyone who is interested in Internet governance definitely needs to buy this masterpiece of research.'--Thomas Hoeren, University of Muenster, Germany

Tobias Mahler, Faculty of Law, The University of Oslo, Norway

• Contents:PART I ICANN AND GENERIC TOP-LEVEL DOMAINS1. Introduction 2. A global ‘private’ regime governing the Domain Name System (DNS) 3. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on a path toward a constitutional system 4. The 2012 generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) programme PART II THE INTERNET CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS (ICANN) AS A TRANSNATIONAL REGULATOR5. Transnational private regulation 6. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN’s) regulatory authority PART III PROPERTY RIGHTS AND COMPETITION IN THE DOMAIN NAME MARKET7. Property rights in generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) 8. Market regulation PART IV THE PROCEDURE FOR ALLOCATING GENERIC TOP-LEVEL DOMAIN (GTLD) RIGHTS9. The application process 10. Expert determinations and procedural fairness PART V REGULATING DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION AND USE11. ‘Public interest’ regulation 12. Regulated non-use of domain names 13. Concluding remarks Bibliography Index

'Tobias Mahler's book Generic Top-Level Domains is a highly important contribution to the newly developing concept of transnational private regulation. The alteration and expansion of the domain name space since 2012 merit the given deep analysis of the globally applicable rules pertaining to an emerging class of legal sources and of the changing property and contract rights notions. The book convincingly also pleads for the implementation of a more elaborated ICANN arbitration system.'--Rolf H. Weber, University of Zürich, Switzerland'This study by Tobias Mahler is a sophisticated, highly recommended piece of research. It describes the whole universe of ICANNs theories and their role in establishing new gTLDs. With his broad knowledge and expertise in information law, Tobias Mahler capably defines new problems related to the regulation of gTLDs. Everyone who is interested in Internet governance definitely needs to buy this masterpiece of research.'--Thomas Hoeren, University of Muenster, Germany

Tobias Mahler, Faculty of Law, The University of Oslo, Norway

• Contents:PART I ICANN AND GENERIC TOP-LEVEL DOMAINS1. Introduction 2. A global ‘private’ regime governing the Domain Name System (DNS) 3. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on a path toward a constitutional system 4. The 2012 generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) programme PART II THE INTERNET CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS (ICANN) AS A TRANSNATIONAL REGULATOR5. Transnational private regulation 6. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN’s) regulatory authority PART III PROPERTY RIGHTS AND COMPETITION IN THE DOMAIN NAME MARKET7. Property rights in generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) 8. Market regulation PART IV THE PROCEDURE FOR ALLOCATING GENERIC TOP-LEVEL DOMAIN (GTLD) RIGHTS9. The application process 10. Expert determinations and procedural fairness PART V REGULATING DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION AND USE11. ‘Public interest’ regulation 12. Regulated non-use of domain names 13. Concluding remarks Bibliography Index

'Tobias Mahler's book Generic Top-Level Domains is a highly important contribution to the newly developing concept of transnational private regulation. The alteration and expansion of the domain name space since 2012 merit the given deep analysis of the globally applicable rules pertaining to an emerging class of legal sources and of the changing property and contract rights notions. The book convincingly also pleads for the implementation of a more elaborated ICANN arbitration system.'--Rolf H. Weber, University of Zürich, Switzerland'This study by Tobias Mahler is a sophisticated, highly recommended piece of research. It describes the whole universe of ICANNs theories and their role in establishing new gTLDs. With his broad knowledge and expertise in information law, Tobias Mahler capably defines new problems related to the regulation of gTLDs. Everyone who is interested in Internet governance definitely needs to buy this masterpiece of research.'--Thomas Hoeren, University of Muenster, Germany