1st Edition

Social Media, Fundamental Rights and Courts A European Perspective

Edited By Federica Casarosa, Evangelia Psychogiopoulou Copyright 2023
274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

This volume examines European and national higher-court decisions on social media from the perspective of fundamental rights and judicial dialogue. While the challenges social media poses for public policy and regulation have been widely discussed, the role of courts in this evolving legal area, especially from a fundamental-rights standpoint, has hitherto remained largely underexplored. This... Read more

1. Social Media Before Domestic and European Courts: Fundamental Rights and Judicial Dialogue

Evangelia Psychogiopoulou and Federica Casarosa

Part 1 – The European Perspective 

2. The CJEU as a Fundamental Rights Adjudicator in Social Media Cases

Evangelia Psychogiopoulou

3. Social Media Jurisprudence: The European Court of Human Rights 

Lorna Woods

Part 2 – The National Perspective

4. Social Media Before Higher Courts in Estonia: Delfi Says It All

Meeli Kaur

5. A Rights-Based Approach to Social Media Under the Midnight Sun: Social Media Before Courts and Other Constitutional Actors in Finland

Marta Maroni, Tuomas Ojanen and Jenni Eveliina Ignatius

6. Judicial Dialogue à la Française: Social Media and Fundamental Rights in the French Higher Courts

Sara Migliorini and Constance Bonzé

7. Social Media Before German Courts: Balancing Societal Values, Platform Rules and Individual Rights 

Matthias C. Kettemann, Polina Kulish and Martha Routen

8. Social Media Before Higher Courts in Hungary: A Focus on Online Comments

Zsuzsa Detrekoi

9. Social Media, Fundamental Rights and Courts: An Irish Perspective 

Elizabeth Farries

10. Social Media Before Higher Courts In Italy: A Thorough Adaptation of Existing Rules and Protection of Constitutional Rights Online 

Federica Casarosa and Maria Concetta Causarano

11. Social Media Before Higher Courts in Slovenia: Judicial Caution in Imposing Restrictions

Tanja Kerševan Smokvina

12. Social Media Before Higher Courts in Spain: Judicial Dialogue on Innovative and Difficult Cases and the Resolution of Disagreements Between Courts

Joan Solanes Mullor

13. Social Media, the European Court of Human Rights and Apex Courts in the United Kingdom: Contested Competence at a Time of Constitutional Change

Rachael Craufurd Smith

14. Courts, Rights and Powers in the Digital Age

Oreste Pollicino and Giovanni De Gregorio

Biography

Federica Casarosa is Research Affiliate at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (SSSA), Italy and Professor at the Centre for Judicial Cooperation, European University Institute (EUI), Italy.

Evangelia Psychogiopoulou is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Peloponnese and Senior Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, Greece.