[Air-L] 'Internet Co-Regulation: European Law, Regulatory Governance and Legitimacy in Cyberspace'

[chris marsden]

Apologies for any cross-posting: 
My latest book was published by Cambridge University Press on 18 August 2011: 
'Internet Co-Regulation: European Law, Regulatory Governance and Legitimacy in 
Cyberspace'. It can be ordered at www.cambridge.org/9781107003484  The brief 
description is: "Marsden argues that co-regulation is the defining feature of 
the Internet in Europe. Co-regulation offers the state a route back into 
questions of legitimacy, governance and human rights, thereby opening up more 
interesting conversations than a static no-regulation versus state regulation 
binary choice. The basis for the argument is empirical investigation, based on a 
multi-year, European Commission-funded study and is further reinforced by the 
direction of travel in European and English law and policy, including the 
Digital Economy Act 2010. He places Internet regulation within the regulatory 
mainstream, as an advanced technocratic form of self- and co-regulation which 
requires governance reform to address a growing constitutional legitimacy gap. 
The literature review, case studies and analysis analyze policymaking in 
Brussels, London and Washington, revealing the extent to which states, firms 
and, increasingly, citizens are developing a new type of regulatory bargain."  
Thanks Chris  -- Dr Chris Marsden Director, EXCCEL: 
http://www.essex.ac.uk/exccel/ Internet Co-Regulation published August 2011: 
www.cambridge.org/9781107003484