On the Future of Information Law as a Specific Field of Law

11 Pages Posted: 3 Jun 2008

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Pierre Larouche

Université de Montréal; Center on Regulation in Europe (CERRE)

Date Written: May 2008

Abstract

This essay was written as part of a liber amicorum for Egbert Dommering of the University of Amsterdam, Professor of Information Law at the University of Amsterdam. The author argues that, for a number of reasons information law will never be the same as it was during Dommering's tenure, which should cause current members of the information law community to reflect. The object of information law has mutated (A). The scope for public intervention has been rolled back (B). The implementation of any form of public intervention has been made more difficult (C). Last but not least, information law has seen its main topics expropriated (D). The future information law is thus likely to look quite different from what we know now (E).

Keywords: information law, media, telecommunications, convergence, liberalization

Suggested Citation

Larouche, Pierre, On the Future of Information Law as a Specific Field of Law (May 2008). TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2008-020, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1140162 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1140162

Pierre Larouche (Contact Author)

Université de Montréal ( email )

Montreal, Quebec H3T 1B9
Canada

Center on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) ( email )

Rue de l'Industrie 42
Brussels, 1040
Belgium

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