What is the future of constitutionalism, state and law in the new technological age?

This edited collection explores the different aspects of the impact of information and technology revolution on state, constitutionalism and public law. Leading European scholars in the fields of constitutional, administrative, financial and EU law provide answers to fascinating conceptual questions including:

- What are the challenges of information and technological revolution to sovereignty?
- How will information and technology revolution impact democracy and the public sphere?
- What are the disruptive effects of social media platforms on democratic will-formation processes and how can we regulate the democratic process in the digital age?
- What are the main challenges to courts and administrations in the algorithmic society?
- What is the impact of artificial intelligence on administrative law and social and health services?
- What is the impact of information and technology revolution on data protection, privacy and human rights?

Introduction

Part I. State and Constitutional Law in the Context of the Information and Technology Revolution
1. Post-Human Constitutionalism? A Critical Defence of Anthropocentric and Humanist Traditions in Algorithmic Society
Martin Belov (University of Sofia 'St. Kliment Ohridski', Bulgaria)
2. Constitutional Dimensions of Information Revolution
Daniel Valchev (University of Sofia 'St. Kliment Ohridski', Bulgaria)
3. The Impact of Technological Revolution on the Role of the State
Attila Menyhárd (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary)
4. Global Information Law: How Administrative Law Principles could enhance the Legitimacy of the Information Order In and Beyond the State
David Roth-Isigkeit (Wurzburg Centre for Social Implications of Artificial Intelligence (SOCAI) – JMU, Germany)

Part II. Information and Technology Revolution and Its Impact on Democracy and the Public Sphere
5. The Disruptive Effects of Social Media Platforms on Democratic Will-Formation Processes
Hoai-Thu Nguyen (Jacques Delors Institute, Berlin, Germany)
6. Data Revolution and Public Will-formation: Regulating Democratic Processes in the Digital Age
Sascha Hardt (Maastricht University, Netherlands)

Part III. Monetary Sovereignty and Taxation in the Information Technology Era
7. Monetary Sovereignty in Conditions of Technological Revolution
Marko Dimitrijevic (University of Niš, Serbia)
8. Conceptual and Legal Challenges to the Public Order of the States Stemming from Cybercurrencies
Benjamin Moron-Puech (University Paris II Panthéon-Assas, France)
9. The 'Algorithmic Revolution': Fair Taxation, Social Pact and Global Governance
Stefano Dorigo (University of Florence, Italy)

Part IV. The Impact of Information and Technology Revolution on Courts and Administration
10. The Impact of Information and Communication Revolution on Constitutional Courts
Angioletta Sperti (University of Pisa, Italy)
11. The Constitutional Limits of Digital Justice
Artur Flamínio da Silva and Daniela Mirante (University of Lisbon Nova, Centre on Law and Society (CEDIS), Portugal)
12. The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Administrative Law
Alessandro Puzzanghera (University 'Dante Alighieri', Reggio Calabria, Italy)

Part V. Information and Technology Revolution and Its Impact on Data Protection, Privacy, and Human Rights
13. The Impact of Information and Technology Revolution on the Constitutional Rights with Particular Attention to Personal Data Protection Issues
Carlo Colapietro (University Roma Tre, Italy)
14. The Digital Revolution and the constitutional orders' challenges to protect privacy
Patricia Jonason (Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden)

Part VI. Information and Technology Revolution, and Health Related Rights
15. Artificial Intelligence in Social and Health Services: A New Challenge for Public Authorities in Ensuring Constitutional Rights
Guerino Fares (University Roma Tre, Italy)
16. Gene Editing E-machine Learning: the International and EU Legal Framework
Nadina Foggetti (University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', Italy)