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The Cambridge Handbook of Emerging Issues at the Intersection of Commercial Law and Technology

The Cambridge Handbook of Emerging Issues at the Intersection of Commercial Law and Technology

The Cambridge Handbook of Emerging Issues at the Intersection of Commercial Law and Technology

Stacy-Ann Elvy, University of California, Davis
Nancy S. Kim, Chicago-Kent College of Law
February 2025
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    The Cambridge Handbook of Emerging Issues at the Intersection of Commercial Law and Technology is a timely and interdisciplinary examination of the legal and societal implications of nascent technologies in the global commercial marketplace. Featuring contributions from leading international experts in the field, this volume offers fresh and diverse perspectives on a range of topics, including non-fungible tokens, blockchain technology, the Internet of Things, product liability for defective goods, smart readers, liability for artificial intelligence products and services, and privacy in the era of quantum computing. This work is an invaluable resource for academics, policymakers, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the social and legal challenges posed by technological innovation, as well as the role of commercial law in facilitating and regulating emerging technologies.

    • Illustrates and unpacks contemporary social and legal issues involving technology and commercial law
    • Provides an interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary approach to commercial law and emerging technologies
    • Proposes real world solutions and best practices to facilitate reader understanding of how commercial law shapes and interacts with business and technology

    Product details

    February 2025
    Hardback
    9781009279109
    508 pages
    262 × 186 × 31 mm
    1.12kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Part I. Contemporary Technological Developments:
    • 1. NFTs in Commercial Transactions Christopher Odinet and Juliet Moringiello
    • 2. The Challenges of Technological Problems Shelly Kreiczer-Levy
    • 3. Regulation Under the EU Artificial Intelligence Act: Too Much, Too Little, Too Late? Ann LaFrance and Lydia de la Torre
    • 4. Blockchain and the Uniform Commercial Code Ian McJohn and Stephen McJohn
    • 5. Can Technology Foster Price Transparency in Credit Card Processing Markets? Jim Hawkins
    • 6. Quantum Privacy Zahra Takhshid
    • 7. Give It Back: Title in Digital Property Joshua Fairfield and Nathaniel Reynolds
    • Part II. The Implications of Emerging Product Design and Business Models:
    • 8. E-Commerce Platforms as Product Merchants and Sellers Stacy-Ann Elvy
    • 9. 3D Printing: Technology, Intellectual Property Law, and Business Models Tabrez Y. Ebrahim
    • 10. The Right to Repair, Intellectual Property, Exhaustion, and Preemption Joshua Sarnoff
    • 11. Repairing the Third Wave of Computing Kayleen Manwaring
    • 12. Ending Smart Data Enclosures: The European Approach to the Regulation of the Internet of Things between Access and Intellectual Property Guido Noto La Diega
    • 13. Behavioral Implications and Emerging Legal Issues in Innovative and Digital Product Design Ruth Schmidt
    • Part III. Contracting and Dispute Resolution
    • 14. Contract and Commercial Law Challenges with AI Products and Services Lance Fortnow and Nancy Kim
    • 15. How Smart Are Smart Readers? LLMs and the Future of the No-Reading Problem Yonathan Arbel and Samuel Becher
    • 16. Deconstructing Smart Contracts Eliza Mik
    • 17. Artificial Intelligence and Contract Formation: Back to Contract as Bargain? John Linarelli
    • 18. Consumer Contracting in the Smartphone Era: New Challenges, An Old Conundrum Tim Samples
    • 19. Evolution and Emerging Issues in Consumer Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Amy Schmitz.
      Contributors
    • Christopher Odinet, Juliet Moringiello, Shelly Kreiczer-Levy, Ann LaFrance, Lydia de la Torre, Ian McJohn, Stephen McJohn, Jim Hawkins, Zahra Takhshid, Joshua Fairfield, Nathaniel Reynolds, Stacy-Ann Elvy, Tabrez Y. Ebrahim, Joshua Sarnoff, Kayleen Manwaring, Guido Noto La Diega, Ruth Schmidt, Lance Fortnow, Nancy Kim, Yonathan Arbel, Samuel Becher, Eliza Mik, John Linarelli, Tim Samples, Amy Schmitz

    • Editors
    • Stacy-Ann Elvy , University of California, Davis

      Stacy-Ann Elvy is a Professor of Law and Martin Luther King, Jr. Hall Research Scholar at the University of California, Davis School of Law. Her research focuses on 'the commercial law of privacy' and its relationship to emerging technology, and human rights law.

    • Nancy S. Kim , Chicago-Kent College of Law

      Nancy S. Kim is the inaugural Michael Paul Galvin Chair in Entrepreneurship and Applied Legal Technology at Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology. Professor Kim is a leading international expert on contracts, terms of service, and emerging legal issues created by technology, and she has written extensively on these topics.