Table of Contents

1. Confronting contagion

2. Science and power

3. Law, rights, and public policy

4. The technology of information

5. The politics of the pandemic

About the Author

Andrea Monti is an Italian lawyer, journalist, and academic, whose expertise ranges from biotechnology to privacy and high-tech law. He is Adjunct Professor of Public Order and Security at the Gabriele d’Annunzio University of Chieti, Italy. Over the last two years, he delivered lectures as part of the Italian State Police training programmes. He has published several papers on bio-information, computer forensics, technology, and public order, as well as books on computer hacking. His most recent publication is Protecting Personal Information: The Right to Privacy Reconsidered, with Raymond Wacks (2019).

Raymond Wacks is Emeritus Professor of Law and Legal Theory at the University of Hong Kong. He has published more than twenty books which have been translated into a dozen languages. His works include Personal Information: Privacy and the Law; Privacy and Media Freedom; Privacy: A Very Short Introduction; and Law: A Very Short Introduction. His most recent publication is Protecting Personal Information: The Right to Privacy Reconsidered, with Andrea Monti (2019). The sixth edition of his Understanding Jurisprudence: An Introduction to Legal Theory was published in 2020.