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bal Perspectives on Legal Challenges Posed by Ridesharing Companies A Case Study of Uber

Global Perspectives on Legal Challenges Posed by Ridesharing Companies

Zeynep Ayata Işık Önay •

Editors

Global Perspectives on Legal Challenges Posed by Ridesharing Companies A Case Study of Uber

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Editors Zeynep Ayata Law School Koç University Istanbul, Turkey

Işık Önay Law School Koç University Istanbul, Turkey

ISBN 978-981-15-7034-6 ISBN 978-981-15-7035-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7035-3

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Acknowledgements

The volume provides analysis of legal challenges regulators faced in nine jurisdictions. It aims to establish a dialogue between jurisdictions facing the same challenges, as it seems that regulators do have a lot to learn from each other. Legal frameworks applicable to Uber’s activities and Uber’s strategies to navigate within these are in a constant change, and the legal issues are far from being resolved. The idea for preparing an edited book on legal issues concerning Uber came to us years ago as we were discussing various fields of law, where legal issues could arise pertaining to Uber’s activities. We have suggested it as a common subject of study to the Business Law Research Group organized within the auspices of the Law Schools Global League (LSGL), and it was welcomed enthusiastically by the members of the group. Preliminary findings of research were presented in the annual LSGL meetings held in Mexico City in the summer of 2017 and in the summer of 2018 in Madrid. Since then contributors from other countries joined our group and made it possible for