{"product_id":"9781509986484","title":"From Smart Technologies to Smart Consumer Law Lessons from Germany and the United Kingdom","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFrom Smart Technologies to Smart Consumer Law\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLessons from Germany and the United Kingdom\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChristoph Busch | Guido Noto La Diega | Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider | Christian Twigg-Flesner\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaw \/ Consumer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis open access book critically analyses a wide range of consumer law issues generated or exacerbated by the Internet of Things.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Internet of Things challenges many of the dichotomies which have shaped current laws: goods-services, hardware-software, tangible-intangible, online-offline. The book focuses on 4 specific challenges: things-as-service, liability, bricking of physical devices through software control, and the potential for enhanced personalisation, especially for digital assistants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe chapters analyse specific applications such as smart homes, connected cars, and consumer wearables with a view to providing innovative solutions to the new challenges posed by the Internet of Things, and to steer the development of the Internet of Things in a fairer direction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs well as offering an important analysis of the potential for smart consumer laws in the Internet of Things, the book also provides important insights into the growing divergence between Germany's and the UK's consumer laws since Brexit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI (Arts and Humanities Research Council) and the German Research Foundation (DFG).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristoph Busch\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Law at the University of Osnabrück, Germany.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuido Noto La Diega\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Law at the University of Strathclyde, UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouisa Specht-Riemenschneider\u003c\/b\u003e is the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Germany.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristian Twigg-Flesner\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Law at the University of Warwick, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e08 July 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHart Publishing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781509986484\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e304\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55335319535756,"sku":"9781509986484","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_ad2edbc7-c16e-495d-9335-05cd50417e6a.jpg?v=1788029512","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781509986484","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}