The Information Law Series was launched in 1991 by
Kluwer Law International
as an academic book series dedicated to the new field of information law.
This new field emerged with the advent of the so-called Information Society and gave its name to the
Institute for Information Law,
founded in 1989, at the University of Amsterdam.
Information law is the law relating to the production, marketing, distribution and use of information goods and services. The field of information law cuts across traditional legal boundaries and comprises a wide set of legal issues on the crossroads of intellectual property, media law, telecommunications law, internet regulation, freedom of expression and right to privacy.
Volumes in the series were initially published under the joint general editorship of Professor Egbert Dommering and Bernt Hugenholtz, advised by an international advisory board. From 2000 until 2023, Professor Hugenholtz acted as sole General Editor. As from 2024, Professor Martin Senftleben is in charge of the series.
Publications in the Information Law Series are aimed not only at scholars and advanced students, but also at practitioners and policy makers who are active in the rapidly expanding area of information law and policy. Since 1991 forty-eight volumes were published in the series, covering a vast and constantly growing range of current issues.
To celebrate the success of the series, and to make volumes in the series more accessible to scholars, students and other interested readers, Kluwer Law International has agreed to make older volumes freely available on this website1. The first twenty volumes in the series are now available in PDF format below. More volumes will be added over time.
A complete listing of all volumes published in the series is available here. All books in the series remain in print and can be purchased from the Wolters Kluwer webshop, or ordered at your local bookstore.
Egbert J. Dommering & P. Bernt Hugenholtz
Protecting Works of Fact: Copyright, Freedom of Expression and Information Law
Volume 1, 1991, ISBN 9065445676.
Willem F. Korthals Altes, Egbert J. Dommering, P. Bernt Hugenholtz &
Jan J.C. Kabel
Information Law Towards the 21st Century
Volume 2, 1992, ISBN 9065446273.
Jacqueline M.B. Seignette
Challenges to the Creator Doctrine: Authorship, Copyright Ownership and the Exploitation of Creative Works
in the Netherlands, Germany and The United States
Volume 3, 1994, ISBN 9065448764.
P. Bernt Hugenholtz
The Future of Copyright in a Digital Environment,
Proceedings of the Royal Academy Colloquium
Volume 4, 1996, ISBN 9041102671.
Julius C.S. Pinckaers
From Privacy Toward a New Intellectual
Property Right in Persona
Volume 5, 1996, ISBN 9041103554.
Jan J.C. Kabel & Gerard J.H.M. Mom
Intellectual Property and Information Law: Essays in Honour of Herman Cohen Jehoram
Volume 6, 1998, ISBN 9041197028.
Ysolde Gendreau, Axel Nordemann & Rainer Oesch
Copyright and Photographs: An International Survey
Volume 7, 1999, ISBN 9041197222.
P. Bernt Hugenholtz
Copyright and Electronic Commerce: Legal Aspects of Electronic Copyright Management
Volume 8, 2000, ISBN 9041197850.
Lucie M.C.R. Guibault
Copyright Limitations and Contracts: An Analysis of the Contractual Overridability of Limitations on Copyright
Volume 9, 2002, ISBN 9041198679.
Lee A. Bygrave
Data Protection Law: Approaching its Rationale, Logic and Limits
Volume 10, 2002, ISBN 9041198709.
- Volumes available on this site may be freely downloaded and reproduced for private research purposes. For other uses, please contact Kluwer Law International. ↩︎