There are many issues touched by institutions and systems of self-regulation on the Internet, say Price and Verhulst, who are not further identified, but most public concern and debate has been over illegal and harmful content. They examine how self-regulatory entities for content relate to other quasi-legal and state institutions, and how the use of self-regulation can contribute to the more effective and more efficient realization of both economic and societal goals. Their topics are theory and general features of self-regulation, codes of conduct as a reflexive regulatory tool, the method and process for adopting such codes, three types of codes, technical devices as self-regulatory tools, and Internet self-regulation in a converged and digital environment. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
