INTRODUCTION The “Sharing Economy” through the Lens of Law

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. INTRODUCTION The “Sharing Economy” through the Lens of Law 1
5. PART I TECHNOLOGIES OF REGULATION
6. CHAPTER I Peer Platform Markets and Licensing Regimes 17
7. CHAPTER II The False Promise of the Sharing Economy 55
8. CHAPTER III The Fast to the Furious 73
9. PART II REGULATING TECHNOLOGY
10. CHAPTER IV The Normative Ecology of Disruptive Technology 115
11. CHAPTER V Information Law in the Platform Economy: Ownership, Control, and Reuse of Platform Data 149
12. PART III THE SPACE OF REGULATION—LOCAL TO GLOBAL
13. CHAPTER VI Urban Cowboy E-Capitalism Meets Dysfunctional Municipal Policy-Making: What the Uber Story Tells Us about Canadian Local Governance 197
14. CHAPTER VII The Sharing Economy and Trade Agreements: The Challenge to Domestic Regulation 223
15. PART IV REGULATING MARKETS
16. CHAPTER VIII Should Licence Plate Owners Be Compensated when Uber Comes to Town? 263
17. CHAPTER IX Competition Law and Policy Issues in the Sharing Economy 295
18. PART V REGULATING LABOUR
19. CHAPTER X The Legal Framework for Digital Platform Work: The French Experience 321
20. CHAPTER XI Uber and the Unmaking and Remaking of Taxi Capitalisms: Technology, Law, and Resistance in Historical Perspective 357
21. CHAPTER XII Making Sense of the Public Discourse on Airbnb and Labour: What about Labour Rights? 393
22. About the Contributors 421