Overview
- A timely contribution to the ongoing scholarly and policy debates about the concept and scope of universal service
- Covers all the main legal and regulatory developments and draws upon major scholarly research in the fields of legal, political, economic, social and communications sciences
- Provides a systematic comparative study of WTO and EU law relevant for the universal service provision and an overview of their implementation at the national level by Member States
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Legal Issues of Services of General Interest (LEGAL)
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This book is a systematic comparative study of WTO and EU law relevant for universal service provision, and a timely contribution to the ongoing scholarly and policy debates about the concept and scope of universal service.
Universal service is one of the most significant regulatory issues worldwide and it is likely to remain so. The central question dealt with by the author is how the technologically intensive sector of telecommunications services can be regulated in a socially fair way in the light of liberalisation and the immense importance of ICTs in the Information Society. The author investigates whether the legal frameworks of WTO and EU can meet the challenges of the rapid and dramatic technological and social change and formulates relevant policy recommendations.
The book is of interest to both scholars and practitioners in several disciplines, such as EU and WTO law, telecommunications law and regulation, political science regarding market regulation and governance as well as European integration and WTO.
Olga Batura is affiliated to the Leuphana Law School, University of Lüneburg, Germany, and to the European Humanities University in Vilnius, Lithania.
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Book Title: Universal Service in WTO and EU law
Book Subtitle: Liberalisation and Social Regulation in Telecommunications
Authors: Olga Batura
Series Title: Legal Issues of Services of General Interest
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-081-7
Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press The Hague
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-6265-080-0Published: 23 October 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6265-081-7Published: 07 October 2015
Series ISSN: 3004-9962
Series E-ISSN: 3004-9970
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 300
Topics: IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property, European Law, Communication Studies