Law and the "Sharing Economy" : : regulating online market platforms / / edited by Derek McKee, Finn Makela, Teresa Scassa.

• TeilnehmendeR: Scassa, Teresa,; Makela, Finn,; McKee, Derek,
• Place / Publishing House: Ottawa : : University of Ottawa Press,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (452 pages)

The rapid expansion of sharing economy platforms such as Airbnb and Uber has generated enormous controversy. This book brings legal and interdisciplinary perspectives to the labour, market and technology and other regulatory challenges that arise from this phenomenon that has taken the world by storm.

Table of Contents

Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The "Sharing Economy" through the Lens of Law; Part I: Technologies of Regulation; Chapter I: Peer Platform Markets and Licensing Regimes; Chapter II: The False Promise of the Sharing Economy; Chapter III: The Fast to the Furious; Part II: Regulating Technology; Chapter IV: The Normative Ecology of Disruptive Technology; Chapter V: Information Law in the Platform Economy: Ownership, Control, and Reuse of Platform Data; Part III: The Space Of Regulation-Local To Global Chapter VI: Urban Cowboy E-Capitalism Meets Dysfunctional Municipal Policy-Making: What the Uber Story Tells Us about Canadian Local GovernanceChapter VII: The Sharing Economy and Trade Agreements: The Challenge to Domestic Regulation; Part IV: Regulating Markets; Chapter VIII: Should Licence Plate Owners Be Compensated when Uber Comes to Town?; Chapter IX: Competition Law and Policy Issues in the Sharing Economy; Part V: Regulating Labour; Chapter X: The Legal Framework for Digital Platform Work: The French Experience Chapter XI: Uber and the Unmaking and Remaking of Taxi Capitalisms: Technology, Law, and Resistance in Historical PerspectiveChapter XII: Making Sense of the Public Discourse on Airbnb and Labour: What about Labour Rights?; About the Contributors; Backcover.