Legal Challenges in the New Digital Age

Ana Mercedes Lopez Rodriguez, Ph.D. (2002), University of Aarhus, is Associate Professor of Private International Law and Comparative Law at Universidad Loyola Andalucía. She has published widely, including articles in high impact journals. She is also an independent arbitrator.Maria Lubomira Kubica, Ph.D. (2015), University of Girona, is Assistant Professor of Civil and Comparative Law at Universidad Loyola Andalucía and a member of European Law Institute where she participates in Special Interest Groups on Private Global Law and Digital Law.Michael D. Green, J.D. (1975), University of Pennsylvania, is Williams Professor of Law at Wake Forest University School of Law where he teaches in the torts and mass torts field and has lectured and taught in various venues in Europe and China.

• ForwardList of Figures and TablesPART 1Existing Legal Concepts And Disruptive Technologies1 Tort Law and New TechnologiesEugenia Dacoronia2 Geo-Blocking and EU Competition Law in the Digital EraMichele Messina3 (In)fallible Smart Legal ContractsManuel A. Gómez4 An Analysis on the Application of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records on Contract Automation and MetadataJurij Lampic & Irene Ng (Huang Ying)5 The Electronic Devices Used for Testamentary Disposition Under Polish LawWojciech Banczyk6 EU Customs Regulation, Patent Assertion Entities and the New Surge of Abusive Practices in EuropeMatteo DragoniPART 2The Impact Of Digitalization On Privacy And Fundamental Rights7 General Data Protection Regulation, Fundamental Rights and Private International LawGiulia Rossolillo8 Legal and Ethical Implications of eHealth Big Data———A Comparative Perspective between Japan and CataloniaAlbert Ruda9 Artificial Intelligence in Criminal CourtsOpportunity or Threat?Luca Lupària Donati10 Coping with Identity Theft and Fear of Identity Theft in the Digital AgeNaci Akdemir11 Algorithmic Dispute ResolutionWill the Decision of a Robo-Arbitrator Fall under the New York Convention?Rafael Carlos del Rosal Carmona12 Social Media as Monitoring Tools in the WorkplaceA Threat to Employees’ Right to a Private Life?Stefania CasigliaPART 3Implementing New Technologies In The Legal Field13 Blockchain and Its Impact on Human RightsAna Mercedes López Rodríguez14 The Spoken Word, the Written Word and the Digital WordDiscursive Discontinuities and Change of Legal CanonsFlávia Noversa Loureiro15 Personalization of Consumer Contracts—Should We Personalize Interpretation Rules?Katarzyna Południak-Gierz16 The Fate of Law as Technology and Technology as Legal ReasoningThe Red Queen Effect in Smart CitiesMaría Luisa Gómez JiménezIndex