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.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 132 pages
Publication date: 26 September 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

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. Through in-depth analysis, the book examines the various realms where data emerges, including stores, institutions, systems, and networks. It also 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 centering its attention on 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. It 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 understanding personhood and its implications in the digital age.

This book will appeal to scholars and students from diverse fields, including law, science and technology studies, sociology, and those with broader political interests in the realm of data and personal information. It provides valuable insights into the complex dynamics of data production, use, abuse, and alienation within the context of contemporary communicative capitalism, shedding light on the legal, ethical, and social implications of this rapidly evolving phenomenon.

Weight: 184g
Dimension: 139 x 216 x 11 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367753306