McKee, DerekMakela, FinnScassa, Teresa2018-11-302018-11-3020189780776627519https://press.uottawa.ca/law-and-the-sharing-economy.htmlhttp://hdl.handle.net/10393/38506https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-22759The rapid expansion of sharing economy platforms has generated enormous controversy. Law and the “Sharing Economy” closely examines the challenges that arise from this phenomenon with regard to labour, market, technology and regulation through a legal and interdisciplinary lens. The controversy stems partially from the economic impact—most acutely in certain sectors such as Uber vs taxi drivers and Airbnb vs hotels—and partially from other related consequences such as a trend toward precarious work or an impact on real estate speculation. While governments in some jurisdictions have attempted to rein in the platforms, technology has enabled such companies to bypass conventional regulatory categories, generating accusations of “unfair competition” as well as debates about the merits of existing regulatory regimes.Introduction: The “Sharing Economy” through the Lens of Law (Finn Makela, Derek McKee, and Teresa Scassa) ● Part I: Technologies of Regulation ● 1. Peer Platform Markets and Licensing Regimes (Derek McKee) ● 2. The False Promise of the Sharing Economy (Harry Arthurs) ●3. The Fast to the Furious (Nofar Sheffi) ● Part II: Regulating Technology ● 4. The Normative Ecology of Disruptive Technology (Vincent Gautrais) ● 5. Information Law in the Platform Economy: Ownership, Control, and Reuse of Platform Data (Teresa Scassa) ● Part III: The Space Of Regulation—Local To Global ● 6. Urban Cowboy E-Capitalism Meets Dysfunctional Municipal Policy-Making: What the Uber Story Tells Us about Canadian Local Governance (Mariana Valverde) ● 7. The Sharing Economy and Trade Agreements: The Challenge to Domestic Regulation (Michael Geist) ● Part IV: Regulating Markets ● 8. Should Licence Plate Owners Be Compensated when Uber Comes to Town? (Eran Kaplinsky) ● 9. Competition Law and Policy Issues in the Sharing Economy (Francesco Ducci) ● Part V: Regulating Labour ● 10. The Legal Framework for Digital Platform Work: The French Experience (Marie-Cécile Escande-Varniol) ● 11. Uber and the Unmaking and Remaking of Taxi Capitalisms: Technology, Law, and Resistance in Historical Perspective (Eric Tucker) ● 12. Making Sense of the Public Discourse on Airbnb and Labour: What about Labour Rights? (Sabrina Tremblay-Huet)enSharing economyPlatform economyRegulationLabour lawTechnology lawBook