Online magazine examines communications law, policy
The International Journal of Communications Law and Policy (IJCLP)--an electronic law magazine--has appeared on the Internet. The journal treats a wide range of topics relating to structural and behavioral regulation and policy in the converging sectors of computing, telecommunications and broadcasting. Peer-reviewed articles, works in progress, and book and conference reviews published by international authors will be featured in the journal. IJCLP is created by an editorial team whose members represent the universities of Oxford, Mёnster and Warwick.
According to the TKR-Newsletter, the debut issue includes articles focusing on three separate policy areas: the future of public service television in the United States, media ownership and pluralism law and policy in Europe, and a critical appraisal of German constitutional law in its regulation of new media and digital services. The TKR-Newsletter is an electronic publication originating with the Institute for Information, Telecommunications and Media Law at Germany's University of Mёnster, an IJCLP partner.
The journal's works in progress draw from a number of disciplines--an urban geographer discusses how digital convergence will affect policies in cities; a Romanian regulator examines the future of communications policy in a transitional economy; and an English lawyer and Scottish economist consider how regulators from North America and the European Union will address competition policy.
Readers exploring this site are supplied with a combination of resources: policy opinion, workshop abstracts, conference reviews and links to conference papers. The full content of IJCLP can be seen at: http://www.digital-law.net/IJCLP
