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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Violations of Personality Rights through the Internet: Jurisdictional Issues under European Law by Edina Márton
The book examines jurisdiction issues related to violations of personal rights on the Internet under the so-called Brussels-Lugano regime with a focus on the particular jurisdiction of the tort.It outlines the objectives and principles underlying this particular rule of jurisdiction analyzes its interpretation by the ECJ rulings (especially Bier Shevill and eDate and Martinez) and presents the opinion expressed in the literature and jurisprudence regarding their application for the localization of on- Violations of personality rights.The author thus pursues two objectives: It examines the extent to which the criteria developed in the eDate and Martinez judgment promote the principles of orderly legal protection predictability and process justice.It also determines whether these criteria are appropriate in an increasingly interconnected Europe.It concludes that this is not the case and proposes a reform proposal.