Cyberspace Law: Cases and Materials

Cyberspace Law: Cases and Materials
ISBN-10
0735557365
ISBN-13
9780735557369
Series
Cyberspace Law
Category
Law / Computer & Internet
Pages
655
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
Aspen Publishers, Incorporated
Authors
Jacqueline D. Lipton, Raymond S. R. Ku

Description

Early adopters of CYBERSPACE LAW: Cases and Materials were particularly pleased by how flexible, coherent, and practical the book is. Now strengthened and scrupulously updated for its Second Edition, this engaging casebook can help your students understand one of the most dynamic areas of law. Written and structured for maximum effectiveness, The book: can be used successfully in both introductory and advanced courses uses practical, classroom-tested "real world" problems to help students apply existing rules to cyberspace law features a flexible, logical organization that allows instructors to emphasize selected perspectives is designed for currency, with materials organized around competing approaches and theories for any given issue, rather than current leading cases presents current Internet law as well as related policy concerns that will drive future legal analysis when new issues emerge -- the only casebook to address both areas offers a balanced presentation of competing approaches and theories for each issue provides a sophisticated analysis of cutting-edge legal issues through an excellent selection of cases simplifies class preparation with an extremely thorough Teacher's Manual that includes discussions of cases, teaching suggestions, and analysis of the issues raised by the problems remains up-to-date with postings of new cases and important developments on the author website Look for these important changes in the Second Edition: ; New co-author Jacqueline Lipton, who brings significant teaching and writing experience in the areas of international and comparative law New and updated cases, including: Grokster, ACLU v. Ashcroft, U.S. v. American Library Association, Chamberlain v. Skylink, Lexmark v. Static Control Components, U.S. v. Elcomsoft, 321 Studios v. MGM Studios, Kremen v. Cohen, Blizzard v. Bnet, In re Verizon, Bosley v. Kremer, and People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Doughney Treatment of important developments, such as political cybersquatting legislation enacted in some states (for example, California's Political Cyberfraud Abatement Act) and changes to privacy laws enacted following the Patriot Act Greatly expanded international coverage, including new international cases: ¿ Sony v. Stevens ¿ Telstra v. Desktop ¿ Gutnick v. Dow Jones Recent Canadian cases on Internet defamation issues Decisions from the European Court of Justice interpreting the database directive in 2004, including the appeal in British Horseracing Board v. William Hill Various developments between French and Californian courts in Yahoo litigation regarding Nazi memorabilia as well as domestic legislation implemented by all E.U. member states which complies with the requirements of the Copyright Directives New section on the failed effort at private self-governance sponsored by ICANN And The scholarship surrounding that effort Jurisdictional materials in the chapter on Regulating Cyberspace are consolidated for easier teaching and learning Updated problems and notes When you consider casebooks for your next course, be sure to examine CYBERSPACE LAW: Cases and Materials, Second Edition, The cohesive, realistic, and accessible alternative.

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