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Getting the balance right: human rights in residual jurisdiction rules of English courts for cross-border torts via social media (2017)
Book Chapter
Gillies, L. E. (2017). Getting the balance right: human rights in residual jurisdiction rules of English courts for cross-border torts via social media. In D. Mangan, & L. E. Gillies (Eds.), The Legal Challenges of Social Media (249-269). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785364518.00027

This chapter elects as its focus the need to balance human rights in English residual jurisdiction rules for cross-border torts via social media. Private international law applies a pluralist, pragmatic approach in supporting both the rights and inte... Read More about Getting the balance right: human rights in residual jurisdiction rules of English courts for cross-border torts via social media.

Engaging and influencing policy and the curriculum – the Scottish Information Literacy Project experience. (2012)
Book Chapter
Irving, C. (2012). Engaging and influencing policy and the curriculum – the Scottish Information Literacy Project experience. In C. Rankin, & A. Brock (Eds.), Library services for children and young people: Challenges and opportunities in the digital age (49-63). Facet

Library and information science (LIS) professionals support learning and teaching in a variety of ways, and this chapter focuses on information literacy (IL) and the key messages that it holds for engaging and influencing policy. It uses the Scottish... Read More about Engaging and influencing policy and the curriculum – the Scottish Information Literacy Project experience..

Daniel Bell's theory of the information society. (2010)
Book Chapter
Duff, A. (2010). Daniel Bell's theory of the information society. In B. Smart (Ed.), Post-Industrial Society (201-232). SAGE Publications

Daniel Bell is recognised to be the foremost writer on the information society. The paper expounds his writings in detail, showing their development from the 1960s to the 1990s. It is argued that his position has always contained three distinguishabl... Read More about Daniel Bell's theory of the information society..