Digital Constitutionalism in Europe

This book is about rights and powers in the digital age. It is an attempt to reframe the role of constitutional democracies in the algorithmic society. By focusing on the European constitutional framework as a lodestar, this book examines the rise and consolidation of digital constitutionalism as a reaction to digital capitalism. The primary goal is to examine how European digital constitutionalism can protect fundamental rights and democratic values against the charm of digital liberalism and the challenges raised by platform powers. Firstly, this book investigates the reasons leading to the development of digital constitutionalism in Europe. Secondly, it provides a normative framework analysing to what extent European constitutionalism provides an architecture to protect rights and limit the exercise of unaccountable powers in the algorithmic society. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

• Presents an innovative perspective on the studies of European and constitutional law
• Provides one of the first studies on digital constitutionalism in context
• Describes the European constitutional reaction and strategy to address the challenges raised by digital capitalism
• Examines the role of European constitutionalism in protecting fundamental rights and democracy in the algorithmic society
• This book is also available as Open Access