دانلود کتاب The Oxford Handbook of Law, Regulation, and Technol­ogy

The proposal for this book was first conceived in 2008 in what feels like an earlier techno­
logical era: Apple’s iPhone had been released a year earlier; Facebook was only four
years old; discussions about artificial intelligence were, at least in popular consciousness,
only within the realm of science fiction; and the power of contemporary gene editing
technologies that have revolutionized research in the biosciences in recent years had yet
to be discovered. Much has happened in the intervening period between the book’s incep­
tion and its eventual birth. The pace of scientific development and technological innova­
tion has been nothing short of breathtaking. While law and legal and regulatory gover­
nance institutions have responded to these developments in various ways, they are typi­
cally not well equipped to deal with the challenges faced by legal and other policy-makers
in seeking to understand and grasp the significance of fast-moving technological develop­
ments. As editors, we had originally planned for a much earlier publication date. But time
does not stand still, neither for science or technological innovation, nor for the lives of the
people affected by their developments, including our own. In particular , the process from
this volume’s conception through to its completion has been accompanied by the birth of
three of our children with a fourth due as this volume goes to press.