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eAccess to Justice

Author : Karim Benyekhlef
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
ISBN 13 : 0776624318
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book eAccess to Justice written by Karim Benyekhlef and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part I of this work focuses on the ways in which digitization projects can affect fundamental justice principles. It examines claims that technology will improve justice system efficiency and offers a model for evaluating e-justice systems that incorporates a broader range of justice system values. The emphasis is on the complicated relationship between privacy and transparency in making court records and decisions available online. Part II examines the implementation of technologies in the justice system and the challenges it comes with, focusing on four different technologies: online court information systems, e-filing, videoconferencing, and tablets for presentation and review of evidence by jurors. The authors share a measuring enthusiasm for technological advances in the courts, emphasizing that these technologies should be implemented with care to ensure the best possible outcome for access to a fair and effective justice system. Finally, Part III adopts the standpoints of sociology, political theory and legal theory to explore the complex web of values, norms, and practices that support our systems of justice, the reasons for their well-established resistance to change, and the avenues and prospects of eAccess. The chapters in this section provide a unique and valuable framework for thinking with the required sophistication about legal change.

Empirical Legal Research

Author : Frans L. Leeuw
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782549412
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (825 download)

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Download or read book Empirical Legal Research written by Frans L. Leeuw and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-25 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empirical Legal Research describes how to investigate the roles of legislation, regulation, legal policies and other legal arrangements at play in society. It is invaluable as a guide to legal scholars, practitioners and students on how to do empirical legal research, covering history, methods, evidence, growth of knowledge and links with normativity. This multidisciplinary approach combines insights and approaches from different social sciences, evaluation studies, Big Data analytics and empirically informed ethics. The authors present an overview of the roots of this blossoming interdisciplinary domain, going back to legal realism, the fields of law, economics and the social sciences, and also to civilology and evaluation studies. The book addresses not only data analysis and statistics, but also how to formulate adequate research problems, to use (and test) different types of theories (explanatory and intervention theories) and to apply new forms of literature research to the field of law such as the systematic, rapid and realist reviews and synthesis studies. The choice and architecture of research designs, the collection of data, including Big Data, and how to analyze and visualize data are also covered. The book discusses the tensions between the normative character of law and legal issues and the descriptive and causal character of empirical legal research, and suggests ways to help handle this seeming disconnect. This comprehensive guide is vital reading for law practitioners as well as for students and researchers dealing with regulation, legislation and other legal arrangements.

The American Legal Profession

Author : Christopher P. Banks
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000996379
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The American Legal Profession written by Christopher P. Banks and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a tight and fresh analysis of the American legal profession and its significance to society and its citizens. The book’s primary objective is to expose, and correct, the principal misconceptions— myths— surrounding prelaw study, law school admission, law school, and the American legal profession itself. These issues are vitally important to prelaw advisors and instructors in light of the difficult problems caused by the Great Recessions of 2008 and 2020– 2021 and the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Aimed equally at prelaw advisors and potential law students, this book can be used as a supplement in the interdisciplinary undergraduate law-related instructional market, including courses that cater to majors/minors in political science and criminal justice in particular. It can also be used in career counselling, internships, and the extensive paralegal program market. New to the Second Edition • Expanded coverage to include paralegal and legal assistant training. • New material on women and minority law students who are transforming law schools and the profession. • Explores challenges to the legal profession posed by economic recession, COVID-19, high tuition rates, exploding student loan debt, internet technological advances, and global competitive pressures, including legal outsourcing and DIY legal services. • Updated data and tables along with all underlying research.

Smart Legal Contracts

Author : Jason Allen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192858467
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book Smart Legal Contracts written by Jason Allen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-28 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart Legal Contracts: Computable Law in Theory and Practice is a landmark investigation into one of the most important trends at the interface of law and technology: the effort to harness emerging digital technologies to change the way that parties form and perform contracts. While developments in distributed ledger technology have brought the topic of 'smart contracts' into the mainstream of legal attention, this volume takes a broader approach to ask how computers can be used in the contracting process. This book assesses how contractual promises are expressed in software and how code-based artefacts can be incorporated within more conventional legal structures. With incisive contributions from members of the judiciary, legal scholars, practitioners, and computer scientists, this book sets out to frame the borders of an emerging area of law and start a more productive dialogue between the various disciplines involved in the evolution of contracts as software. It provides the first step towards a more disciplined approach to computational contracts that avoids the techno-legal ambiguities of 'smart contracts' and reveals an emerging taxonomy of approaches to encoding contracts in whole or in part. Conceived and written during a time when major legal systems began to engage with the advent of contracts in computable form, and aimed at a fundamental level of enquiry, this collection will provide essential insight into future trends and will provide a point of orientation for future scholarship and innovation.

Legal Education in the Global Context

Author : Christopher Gane
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134804814
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Legal Education in the Global Context written by Christopher Gane and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the opportunities and challenges facing legal education in the era of globalization. It identifies the knowledge and skills that law students will require in order to prepare for the practice of tomorrow, and explores pedagogical shifts legal education needs to make inside and outside of the classroom. With contributions from leading experts on legal education from various jurisdictions across the globe, the work combines theoretical depth with practical insights. Seeking to understand the changing landscape of legal education in the era of globalization, the contributions find that law schools can, and must, adopt educational strategies that at least present students with different understandings of what studying and practicing law is meant to be about. They find that law schools need to offer their students choices, a vision of practice that is not driven entirely by the demands of the marketplace or the needs of major international law firms. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this book makes a significant contribution to the impact of globalization on legal education, and how students and law schools need to adapt for the future. It will be of great interest to academics and students of comparative legal studies and legal education, as well as policy-makers and practitioners.

The Process of Legal Research

Author : Deborah A. Schmedemann
Publisher : Aspen Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1454876123
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (548 download)

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Download or read book The Process of Legal Research written by Deborah A. Schmedemann and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A long-time best-selling comprehensive text for basic legal research, The Process of Legal Research: Practices and Resources, Ninth Edition melds a rich discussion of legal authorities with a presentation of strategic processes for researching using the vast array of resources now available to the legal researcher. With readability in mind, The Process of Legal Research is written to engage various learners through streamlined text, graphics, in-text scenarios that draw on first-year topics, sample documents, and self-assessment questions. Covering sources from dictionaries to international and tribal law, and presenting and repeatedly demonstrating ten practices that distinguish skilled researchers, the book zeroes in on current, credible, cost-efficient options for each type of legal authority. To maximize students’ comprehension, the chapters conclude with a research scenario paired with questions for guided practice as well as a theoretical question to prompt class discussion. Key Features of the New Edition: New chapter discussing ten practices of skilled researchers, including choosing resources with care, piggy-backing on other’s work, and managing your information file—which echo through remaining chapters “Test Your Knowledge” questions (with answers provided) to test student acquisition of key concepts “Put It Into Practice” feature placing guided practice exercise directly in book itself, rather than on website Reflection of dramatic shifts in resources, e.g., presentation of print digests and reporters as background material; more focus on free web sources such as Office of Law Revision Counsel United States Code Online, Google Scholar for cases research, Congress.gov; more coverage of lost-cost commercial resources

Law Democratized

Author : Renee Knake Jefferson
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479820407
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book Law Democratized written by Renee Knake Jefferson and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical plan for providing legal help to all, regardless of resources Millions of people in the United States face legal problems without lawyers to help them. Why? How do we educate and inform the public about the law so they can understand when the services of a lawyer are necessary or desirable? When can individuals solve legal problems on their own or with the assistance of a specialist without a traditional law degree? In short, how do we democratize the law? Law Democratized offers a blueprint to increase legal help for everyone, regardless of their ability to pay. Building on more than a decade of research into innovation in legal services, the book advances a series of recommendations inspired by success stories from around the globe. Renee Knake Jefferson outlines different paths pursued by bar associations, courts, entrepreneurs, law schools, nonprofits, and others, evaluating the promise and pitfalls of each. She analyzes regulatory reforms employed in other nations, along with emerging efforts in a handful of US states. If the rule of law is the bedrock that American democracy rests upon, then the justice transformed system must be open and user-friendly to all. Law Democratized makes a compelling argument for transforming the American legal landscape through engaged citizenship, ethical innovation, expanded education, and regulatory reform, in order to democratize law and make legal help more accessible.

Patents

Author : Marc Baudry
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111947373X
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Patents written by Marc Baudry and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The patent system is criticized today by some practitioners and economists. In fact, there is a partial disconnection between patent demographics and productivity gains, but also the development of actors who do not innovate and who develop business models that their detractors equate with a capture of annuities or a dangerous commodification of patents. This book provides a less Manichaean view of the position of patents in the system of contemporary innovation. It first recalls that these criticisms are not new, before arguing that if these criticisms have been revived, it is because of a partial shift from an integrated innovation system to a much more fragmented and open system. This shift accompanied the promotion of a more competitive economy. The authors show that this movement is coherent with a more intensive use of patents, but also one that is more focused on their signal function than on their function of direct monetary incentive to innovation.

Access to Information, Technology, and Justice

Author : Ursula Gorham
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442270314
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Access to Information, Technology, and Justice written by Ursula Gorham and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past fifteen years, the dramatic increase of online self-help legal re-sources, information, and tools specifically developed for use by low-income individuals without legal counsel has been promoted as one way to help those individuals who are caught in this “justice gap.” Unfortunately, however, opportunities arising from the Internet and related information and communication technologies do not accrue to everyone equally as physical, intellectual, and social barriers to information persist. Access to Information, Technology, and Justice: A Critical Intersection, as the first ever book length examination of the use of technology to expand access to justice in the United States, highlights an emerging paradox wherein the technological transformation that has created an increasing array of legal self-help resources and services is also creating barriers to access for disadvantaged individuals. Those who cannot read, those who do not speak the English language, those who are unfamiliar with the law, and those with limited digital literacy skills all find themselves at a fundamental disadvantage. The legal community has only begun to examine whether these resources and services are, in fact, meeting the needs of struggling self-help users. This book builds upon existing work in this area by undertaking an in-depth exploration of how information and communication technologies are changing – and failing to change – the legal in-formation landscape for those who most need this information. Drawing upon the ongoing collaborative efforts of legal aid organizations, libraries, courts, and non-profit organizations, this book provides a framework for removing barriers to equitable access to legal information, with the ultimate goal of encouraging continued discussion and action.

Liquid Legal – Humanization and the Law

Author : Kai Jacob
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031142403
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Liquid Legal – Humanization and the Law written by Kai Jacob and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-21 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Humanization and the Law” combines two current and complementary trends in the business-to-business (B2B) market of the legal industry: digitalization and humanization. On the one hand, digital transformation in corporate legal departments and law firms continues to advance. Contract management, e-discovery, due diligence, legal operations, and forensic data analysis are just a few examples of task areas where the use of intelligent software solutions minimizes legal risks and increases compliance, enables efficiency gains and cost reductions through automation, and allows faster and more agile responses to changing market demands and client expectations. On the other hand, the increasing number of failed digitalization projects shows that technology alone is not enough to successfully transform legal departments and law firms. Software solutions must be integrated into existing work processes, be easy to use, and provide real benefits in order to be accepted by employees. People and their ability to make decisions and lead others remain the focus in an increasingly digitalized legal industry. More than 20 authors provide insights into why human aspects matter for business, what organizations can do to increase the mental well-being and motivation of their employees, and how to prevail in the upcoming war for talent in the legal industry. “The legal industry has been largely dismissive of “soft skills” and “humanizing law.” One of the paradoxes of our time is that the ascendency of automation, artificial intelligence, blockchain, Big Data, and other technological platforms has elevated, not diminished, the importance of humanity. It is not only what distinguishes us from machines but it also enables us to apply our humanity to machines. The legal function will play an important role in this process but must first take a hard look at itself.” (Mark A. Cohen, in “Foreword”)

A Practical Introduction To Paralegal Studies

Author : Deborah E. Bouchoux
Publisher : Aspen Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1543823173
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book A Practical Introduction To Paralegal Studies written by Deborah E. Bouchoux and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridging the gap between the classroom and the real world, A Practical Introduction to Paralegal Studies offers a thorough exploration of the entire paralegal profession. In a logical three-part organization, experienced author Deborah Bouchoux covers the fundamentals of the paralegal profession and the American legal system, along with the paralegal skills essential for success in the workplace. This engaging and well-written text provides the pragmatic and realistic information students need to hit the ground running. New to the Third Edition: All new Case Illustrations, Discussion Questions, and Internet Closing Arguments. New forms provided throughout the text. Up-to-date information on trends in regulation of the paralegal profession, including overview of innovative limited licensing programs in Washington and Utah as well as other proposals to close the access-to-justice gap. Updated coverage of ethics, including new trends such as alternative business structures, and cutting-edge developments such as nonlawyer ownership of law firms, litigation financing, use of social media, and whether internet-accessible advice and forms constitute the unauthorized practice of law. New developments in computer-assisted legal research, including the use of artificial intelligence and using free tools such as Google Scholar, GovInfo, Congress.gov, and CourtListener to access American law are discussed in Chapter 5. Significantly expanded section on e-discovery in Chapter 8, including a sample privilege log. New section in Chapter 11 on current disruptions to legal services, including alternative legal service providers and other trends. New tips and approaches to getting a job, setting “SMART” goals, handling tricky interview questions, and future-proofing your career, as well as an expanded discussion of soft skills needed to succeed on the job in Chapters 10 and 12. Professors and students will benefit from: Topical coverage that closely adheres to the nature of paralegal work Pedagogical devices that enhance learning, such as chapter overviews, key terms, marginal definitions, website references, case illustrations, practice tips, and chapter summaries Research exercises and Internet-based exercises in each chapter that mirror those performed by the working paralegal Charts, graphs, sample forms, and other aids to enhance learning

Research Handbook on the Economics of Intellectual Property Law

Author : Ben Depoorter
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789903998
Total Pages : 1441 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (899 download)

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Download or read book Research Handbook on the Economics of Intellectual Property Law written by Ben Depoorter and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 1441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both law and economics and intellectual property law have expanded dramatically in tandem over recent decades. This field-defining two-volume Handbook, featuring the leading legal, empirical, and law and economics scholars studying intellectual property rights, provides wide-ranging and in-depth analysis both of the economic theory underpinning intellectual property law, and the use of analytical methods to study it.

ICCSM2014-Proceedings of the International Conference on Cloud Security Management ICCSM-2014

Author : Barbara Endicott-Popovsky
Publisher : Academic Conferences Limited
ISBN 13 : 191030963X
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book ICCSM2014-Proceedings of the International Conference on Cloud Security Management ICCSM-2014 written by Barbara Endicott-Popovsky and published by Academic Conferences Limited. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These Proceedings are the work of researchers contributing to the 2nd International Conference on Cloud Security Management Security (ICCSM 2014), being held this year at the University of Reading, UK on the 23-24 October 2014, . The conference chair is Dr John McCarthy, Vice President, from the Cyber Security, ServiceTech, UK and the Programme Chair is Dr. Barbara Endicott-Popovsky, from the Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. As organisations rush to adopt Cloud Computing at a rate faster than originally projected, it is safe to predict that, over the coming years, Cloud Computing will have major impacts, not only on the way we conduct science and research, but also on the quality of our daily human lives. Computation research, education, and business communities have been exploring the potential benefits of Cloud Computing and the changes these imply. Experts have predicted that the move to the cloud will alter significantly the content of IT jobs, with cloud clients needing fewer hands-on skills and more skills that administer and manage information. Bill Gates was recently quoted: "How you gather, manage, and use information will determine whether you win or lose." Cloud Computing impacts will be broad and pervasive, applying to public and private institutions alike.

Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal: Volume 41, Number 1 - 2015

Author : Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal
Publisher : Quid Pro Books
ISBN 13 : 161027847X
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal: Volume 41, Number 1 - 2015 written by Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal and published by Quid Pro Books. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal offers its issues in convenient and modern ebook formats for e-reader devices, apps, pads, smartphones, and computers. This first issue of Volume 41, 2015, features new articles and student contributions on cutting-edge topics related to: teleradiology, jurisdiction, and malpractice; teaching 'next gen' research methods such as Ravel and Casetext to law students; regulating 3D-printing as firearms creators; employment, privacy, and social media; and privacy issues of cell phone tracking. In the new ebook edition, quality presentation includes active TOC, linked notes, active URLs in notes, proper digital and Bluebook formatting, and inclusion of images and tables from the original print edition. Founded in 1969, the Journal is the oldest computer law periodical in the academic world. Since its inception, the Journal has maintained a tradition of excellence, and has designed each publication issue to foster critical discourse on the technological breakthroughs impacting the legal landscape.

The LegalTech Book

Author : Sophia Adams Bhatti
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119574285
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book The LegalTech Book written by Sophia Adams Bhatti and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Written by prominent thought leaders in the global FinTech investment space, The LegalTech Book aggregates diverse expertise into a single, informative volume. Key industry developments are explained in detail, and critical insights from cutting-edge practitioners offer first-hand information and lessons learned. Coverage includes: The current status of LegalTech, why now is the time for it to boom, the drivers behind it, and how it relates to FinTech, RegTech, InsurTech and WealthTech Applications of AI, machine learning and deep learning in the practice of law; e-discovery and due diligence; AI as a legal predictor LegalTech making the law accessible to all; online courts, online dispute resolution The Uberization of the law; hiring and firing through apps Lawbots; social media meets legal advice To what extent does LegalTech make lawyers redundant? Cryptocurrencies, distributed ledger technology and the law The Internet of Things, data privacy, automated contracts Cybersecurity and data Technology vs. the law; driverless cars and liability, legal rights of robots, ownership rights over works created by technology Legislators as innovators"--

Modernizing Legal Education

Author : Catrina Denvir
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108475752
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Modernizing Legal Education written by Catrina Denvir and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the skills required by future lawyers, and explores innovative and technology-driven approaches to modernising legal education.

Drones and Unmanned Aerial Systems

Author : Aleš Završnik
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319237608
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Drones and Unmanned Aerial Systems written by Aleš Završnik and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-23 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tackles the regulatory issues of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) or Remotely-Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS), which have profound consequences for privacy, security and other fundamental liberties. Collectively known as “drones,” they were initially deployed for military purposes: reconnaissance, surveillance and extrajudicial executions. Today, we are witnessing a growth of their use into the civilian and humanitarian domain. They are increasingly used for goals as diverse as news gathering, aerial inspection of oil refinery flare stacks, mapping of the Amazonian rain-forest, crop spraying and search and rescue operations. The civil use of drones is becoming a reality in the European Union and in the US.The drone revolution may be a new technological revolution. Proliferation of the next generation of “recreational” drones show how drones will be sold as any other consumer item. The cultural perception of the technology is shifting, as drones are increasingly being used for humanitarian activities, on one hand, but they can also firmly be situated in the prevailing modes of postmodern governance on the other hand. This work will be of interest to researchers in Criminology and Criminal Justice interested in issues related to surveillance, security, privacy, and technology. It will also provide a criminological background for related legal issues, such as privacy law, aviation law, international criminal law, and comparative law.