Technology and Legal Systems

Noel Cox holds the position of Head of the Department of Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth University. He is responsible for academic and research leadership, and for the development of academic staff in the discipline area. The law discipline, part of a multidiscipline faculty, has an emphasis upon commercial law, and law within its economic, social and political context.

• Contents: Preface; Introduction. The Nature of Law and Technology: The nature of law and government; The response of business to changes in the legal environment; Technology's effect on legal systems. The Relationship of Government and Technology: Constitutional responses to paradigmatic shifts in technology; The nature of constitutions and their relationship with technology; Changes in the past; Changes in the present; Technological challenges to law, property and ethics; Lessons for the future; Bibliography; Index.

'Noel Cox's book is a landmark in the confluence of several key streams of literature. At its core is the interaction between technology and legal systems...The technology-law interaction is placed in the context of their tripartite interrelations with business, government and society, to provide rich empirical and analytical dimensions to this pioneering study...The book demonstrates the gains from being written by an author with expertise in both [legal and technological] fields.' Nick von Tunzelmann, University of Sussex, UK 'For universities with departments in Business, Law and Communications, the book is a valuable addition to their libraries.' Information, Communication & Society