Data: New Trajectories in Law

This book explores the phenomenon of data in the contemporary digital, informatic, and legal-bureaucratic context, challenging the focus on rights and privacy concerns. It examines the contestable, multivocal, and multifaceted figure of the contemporary data subject, analyzing data and personal data as contemporary phenomena. It interrogates the role of law, regulation, and governance in structuring definitions of the data subject and disciplining data subjects through compliance with normative standards of conduct. The book pursues a re-evaluation of the nature, role, and place of the data subject qua legal subject in on and offline societies, focusing on the 'personal in and of data' and returning to fundamental legal principles suited to considerations of personhood.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 132 pages
\n Publication date: 31 March 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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This comprehensive book delves into the intricate realm of data, encompassing both large and small-scale dimensions, within the contemporary digital, informatic, and legal-bureaucratic context. It challenges the traditional focus on legal interest in data solely on rights and privacy concerns, instead exploring the multifaceted and contested nature of the modern data subject. The book conducts a thorough analysis of data and personal data as contemporary phenomena, examining the various realms, including stores, institutions, systems, and networks, from which they emerge. It critically interrogates the role of law, regulation, and governance in shaping both formal and informal definitions of the data subject and enforcing compliance with normative standards of conduct. By emphasizing the 'personal in and of data,' the book seeks to reevaluate the essence, role, and significance of the data subject as a legal subject in both online and offline societies. This re-examination goes beyond the confines of individual rights and delves into more fundamental legal principles, such as stewardship, trust, property, and contract, that are better suited to considerations of personhood.

The book's exploration of the production, use, abuse, and alienation of personal data within the framework of contemporary communicative capitalism will captivate scholars and students from diverse fields, including law, science and technology studies, sociology, and political interests. It provides valuable insights into the complex dynamics of data governance, privacy, and security, and offers valuable perspectives for policymakers and practitioners seeking to navigate the rapidly evolving data landscape.

\n Weight: 290g\n
Dimension: 143 x 223 x 15 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367477134\n \n