Law and Technology

Dr David Cowan (Maynooth University)

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Bloomsbury Professional
02 June 2025

IT & Communications law; Data protection law; Confidential information law

By providing an accessible and holistic approach to law and technology issues, this book will guide practitioners through the technological challenges facing them both in their working practices and in the matters they handle. Law and Technology will help on both a practical and theoretical level, and will give practitioners line of sight of the technology challenges ahead. Students, and those undertaking further professional training, will find all the major issues are examined.

Law and Technology lays the groundwork for a discipline of Law and Technology and is an authoritative text for practitioners and a range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional courses in the discipline, as well as a reference on the impact of technology on other legal disciplines, for example company law, criminal law and the law of torts.

Uniquely, this book is rooted in Irish law, appropriately so given Ireland’s role in the EU with a major Big Tech presence, and the fact that an Irish university is the home to the first-ever Law and Technology modules at the LLB level as core and compulsory subjects.

Legislation examined in this book includes: Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022

Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022

Consumer Rights Act 2022

Data Protection Act 2018

General Data Protection Regulation e-Privacy Regulations

Security of Network and Information Systems Directive

Digital Markets Act Cybercrime Treaty

There has been huge growth in litigation in this area, much of it driven by the EU's digital strategy. The cases analysed cover such issues as data transfer from the EU to US for commercial purposes, ransomware attack, data retention, data protection, surveillance, right to privacy, data misuse, artificial intelligence, Internet jurisdiction, online hate and online harassment and stalking.

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By: Dr David Cowan (Maynooth University)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Professional
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 248mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781526531001
ISBN 10: 1526531003
Pages: 800
Publication Date: 02 June 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr David Cowan is an international law academic and author. He is Assistant Professor in the School of Law and Criminology at the National University of Ireland Maynooth, and Associate Lecturer in the Faculté de Droit - Catholic University of Lyon. He teaches and writes on law and technology, cyberlaw, legal ethics, and legal communication. Dr Cowan is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA). He is author of Effective Communication for Lawyers: A Practical Guide, which was shortlisted for Law Book of the Year at the Irish Law Awards 2022. Dr Cowan is a pioneer in legal education, technology, and communication. He launched Law and Technology courses on the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme at Maynooth, the first programme of its kind in legal education globally. Dr Cowan has also written Strategic Internal Communication: How to Build Employee Engagement and Performance and Effective Communication for Lawyers: A Practical Guide. As a Writer and Editor Dr Cowan worked for legal, technology and financial media, including the Financial Times, Euromoney, Reed International and numerous technology trade journals. He has also worked on research and writing projects for the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Dr Cowan is a graduate of the University of Oxford and the University of St Andrews, where he earned his PhD in International Relations. He is a former Visiting Scholar at Boston College, USA. His other books include Frank H Knight: Prophet of Freedom and The Coming Economic Implosion of Saudi Arabia. He is a member of the Society of Legal Scholars, Irish Association of Law Teachers, Society for Computers and Law, the International Bar Association, and the Bar of Ireland’s Media, Internet, and Data Protection Bar Association.

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Law and Technology

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