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The third edition of this book presents the history of computer crime and cybercrime from the very beginning with punch cards, to the latest developments - including the attacks in the context of the 2016 US Election. Today the technological development of social media, such as Google, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and more, have been so rapid and the impact on society so fast and enormous, that codes of ethics, and public sentiments of justice implemented in criminal legislations, have not kept pace. Conducts in social media need a better protection by criminal laws. The United Nations Declarations and principles for the protection of individual and human rights are fundamental rights also in...
Mobile technology offers an innovative and cost-effective channel for delivering a range of financial services, including mobile payments. In some jurisdictions, mobile payments simply provide a convenient option for facilitating payment transactions. In other jurisdictions, mobile payments are viewed as potentially transformative because they present an opportunity to expand access to financial services. However, as with other innovations, mobile payments raise consumer protection concerns and require robust regulatory mechanisms to address such concerns. Against this backdrop, the book adopts a typology of consumer policy tools which can be used to address the identified consumer concerns....
Imagining Brazil provides a comprehensive and multifaceted picture of Brazil in the age of globalization. Privileging diversity in relation to the authors as well as the manner in which Brazil is perceived, JessZ Souza and Valter Sinder have assembled historians, political scientists, sociologists, literary critics, and scholars of culture in an attempt to understand a complex society in all its richness and diversity. Rising from one of the worldOs poorest societies in the 1930s to the eighth largest world economy in the 1980s, Brazil is used as an example of globalizationOs impact on peripheral societies, exploring in new contexts the serious social problems that have always characterized this society. Imagining Brazil explores the connections between society and politics and culture and literature, creating an encompassing volume of interest to scholars of Latin American studies as well as those interested in how globalization impacts the varied aspects of a country.
"As aceleradas transformações tecnológicas, incorporadas de forma cada vez mais imediata (e irrefletida) ao nosso cotidiano, têm produzido impactos sensíveis sobre as relações jurídicas. Frequentemente, a proteção aos direitos fundamentais é colocada à prova: ao mesmo tempo em que trazem benefícios inéditos à sociedade, as novas tecnologias, por vezes, colocam em risco interesses individuais tidos pela nossa ordem constitucional como imprescindíveis ao pleno desenvolvimento da pessoa humana. Ao tentar responder a este desafio, a produção doutrinária brasileira tem caminhado em duas direções opostas. De um lado, há os autores que se alinham fielmente ao mercado, propondo...
As novas formas de relação estabelecidas no campo do Direito Privado proveniente da realidade global, transnacional, digital, virtual, etc., vulnerabiliza certas categorias de pessoas, notadamente nos campos consumerista, trabalhista, de família, da cooperação jurídica internacional ou mesmo da proteção de dados. Assim sendo, tendo como norte a humanização do Direito Internacional, é notória a necessidade de as regras existentes serem readequadas, sobretudo, na tentativa de restabelecer o equilíbrio entre as partes nas relações entre particulares. Contudo, aqui está o cerne da presente obra: debater a vulnerabilidade das partes no âmbito do Direito Internacional Privado e do...
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La Convención de Viena sobre compraventa internacional de mercaderías es considerada uno de los instrumentos más relevantes para el comercio internacional Su importancia se desprende tanto de la temática que aborda como de su acogida. El contrato de compraventa es uno de los de mayor Importancia para el comercio internacional, ya la fecha de Convención cuenta con 85 Estados parte. Su exitosa implementación trae consigo el desafío de lograr armonía en su interpretación, esta necesidad ha convocado a la realización de actividades académicas y prácticas. Con motivo de la celebración del trigésimo quinto aniversario de la Convención de Naciones Unidas "Sobre compraventa internacio...
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