New technologies and human rights

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Imprint:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Description:1 online resource (xxviii, 282 p.)
Language:English
Series:The collected courses of the Academy of European Law ; v. 17/2
Collected courses of the Academy of European Law ; v. 17/2.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8561383
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Other authors / contributors:Murphy, Thérèse.
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. (Oxford Scholarship Online). Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) or Firefox 2.0 (or higher). Available as searchable text in HTML format. Access restricted to subscribing institutions.
Summary:In an era increasingly dominated by new technologies there are many calls for regulation to control their application. This text reviews and develops the role of human rights in the regulation of new technologies discussing how rights are affected by technological development, and how they can be used to improve regulation.