Digital Constitutionalism: The Role of Internet Bills of Rights

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
2 A new constitutional moment
	Constitutional equilibrium
	Digital revolution
	Power over digital lives
		Orwellian nightmares
		New rulers
	Digital rights
		Enhanced freedoms
		Higher risks
	Constitutional change
3 Constitutional counteractions
	Targeted transformations
	Four examples
		Right to digital information
		Due process online
		Right to Internet access
		Data protection
	Uneven elaboration
4 Norms beyond the state
	A functional approach
	Constitutions and declarations
		Constitutional charters
		Limits of constitutions
		Internet bills of rights
	Public and private legislators
		Advantages of ordinary law
		Some examples
		Lex digitalis
		Lex Facebook
		Code as a constitution
	Courts and arbitrators
		National and supranational courts
		Private arbiters
		ICANN’s arbitrators
5 The constitutionalisation of the digital society
	Constitutional pluralism
	The age of globalisation
	Multilevel theory
	Double reflexivity
	A single phenomenon
		Plurality and fragmentation
		Progressive translation
		Societal input
6 Digital constitutionalism
	Constitutionalism vs constitutionalisation
	The values of constitutionalism
	Constitutionalism in the digital age
	A new constitutionalism?
7 Towards an Internet constitution?
	‘Bytes can never hurt me’
	The end of innocence
	A constitution for the Internet
		Lessig: The constitution in the Internet
		Teubner: Civil constitutions
		Pernice: The constitution of the Internet society
		Rodotà: A charter of rights for the Internet
		Following Rodotà’s model
	Internet bills of rights
		Constitutional tone
		Limited scholarship
		A constitutional role?
		Datasets
8 The force of declarations
	Proto-constitutional discourses
	Experimentalism
	Communicability
	Gradualism
	Compensation and stimulation
9 Understanding the digital society
	A new law of the horse?
	Litmus test
	A complex delimitation
	What is really ‘the Internet’?
		Datasets
		Institutions
		Reasons
		Relations
	Future-proof norms
10 Empowering global people
	Universal reach
	Restricting private power
	An enlarged social contract
	Participatory deliberation
		Theoretical models
		Individuals
		Civil society
		National parliaments
		International organisations
		Global multistakeholder forums
	A new constituent power
11 Translating fundamental rights
	An aerial view
	Common roots
		Human dignity
		Life, liberty, and security
		Protection of children and disabled people
		Right to a healthy environment
		Economic freedom
	Online as offline
		Freedom of expression
		Freedom and secrecy of correspondence
		Freedom of association and assembly
	Generalisation and re-specification
		Non-discrimination
		Right to privacy
		Due process
12 Constitutional innovation
	New rights
		Data protection
		E-democracy
		Internet access
	A right to a digital forum
		Public service value
		Responsibilities
		Governance
13 Conclusion
	Contrasting constitutional anaemia
	The legacy of Internet bills of rights
	Challenges of digital constitutionalism
Appendix A
Bibliography
Index