• Published by Cengage Learning Asia

Back in the early 1990s, in its infancy, the Internet was said by many to be incapable of being regulated and that it should stay that way. This book shows why the Internet needs regulating and how it has been and can be done. It takes empirical evidence from real-life cases and uses them to explain regulatory approaches and paradigms. The book adopts an expansive view of regulation, including the deployment of technology, the use of market forces, the formulation of industry self-regulation as well as legislation. It shows the possibilities and limits of the regulatory approaches and why policy makers should take a light-handed approach to regulation-attempting alternative regulatory means and letting technology "settle" before passing legislation

Key features include:

• Offers an international perspective and future outlook of the Internet.
• Discuss on the policy rationale behind the Internet laws.
• Written with a declarative style, which is unusual compared to other law and policy books.
• A more practical approach based on tested frameworks.

• Published/Released: May 2009
• Original Copyright: 2005
• ISBN 13: 9789814253529
• ISBN 10: 9814253529
• Product number: 248719
• Page count: 228
• Shipping Weight: 0.00 lbs (0.00 kgs)

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