The Internet, Development, Human Rights and the Law in Africa

Herausgeber: Chirwa, Danwood M; Ncube, Caroline B

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book tracks and critiques the impact of the internet in Africa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9781032310725
• ISBN-10: 1032310723
• Artikelnr.: 66733639

Autorenporträt

Danwood M. Chirwa is Dean and Professor of Law at the University of Cape Town. A former chair of the board of the trustees of the UN Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery and a member of the South African Legal Practice Council and of the Council of the University of Cape Town, he holds a PhD from the University of the Western Cape, an LLM from the University of Pretoria and an LLB from the University of Malawi. Caroline B. Ncube holds the DSI/NRF SARChI Research Chair in Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development at the University of Cape Town. She also lectures on the WIPO-ARIPO-Africa University Master's Degree in IP. She is an Associate Member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, University of Ottawa. She holds a PhD from the University of Cape Town, an LLM from the University of Cambridge and an LLB from the University of Zimbabwe.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Internet, Development and Human Rights in Africa: Introduction 2.
Access to the Internet as a Human Right 3. Privacy as a Human Right in
Africa and the Global Internet 4. Data Subject Privacy and mHealth:
Insights from Kenya and South Africa 5. The Internet, Freedom of Expression
and Intellectual Property 6. A Legal Framework for e-Commerce in Africa:
Progress and Prospects 7. ICTs, Crime, and Human Rights: The African
Experience 8. The Internet and Dispute Resolution 9. The Internet and the
Law of Evidence 10. The Internet, Development and Human Rights in Africa:
Reflections and Insights