Law and the Internet
A Foundation for Electronic Commerce
Published on 1. December 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-1-901362-30-5 (ISBN)
Description
Various legal issues arise from the massive expansion and commercial use of the Internet. The law regulating the Internet must deal not only with widely publicized problems such as Internet libel, computer crime and copyright on the World Wide Web, but also with issues relating to electronic contacting, intellectual property rights, and electronic evidence and procedure. This book focuses on these and other topical issues in the "law of cyberspace". An emphasis is put on what practitioners need to know to use the Internet for business, and the benefits and disadvantages of setting up a legal Web site.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-901362-30-5 (9781901362305)
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12/2000
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Persons
Lilian Edwards is Professor of Internet Law at the University of Southampton, and founder of the University's Institute of Law and the Web.
Charlotte Waelde is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Edinburgh, and a solicitor.
Charlotte Waelde is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Edinburgh, and a solicitor.
Content
Part 1 Introduction: introduction, Lilian Edwards and Charlotte Waelde; a lawyer's introduction to the Internet, Andrew Terrett; setting up a legal Web site - pitfalls and promises, John MacKenzie. Part 2 Intellectual property aspects: trade marks and domain names - what's in a name?, Charlotte Waelde; copyright and the Internet, Hector MacQueen. Part 3 Electronic commerce: contract formation on the Internet - shattering a few myths, Lars Davies; software transactions and contract law, Hector MacQueen; legal barriers to electronic contracts - formal requirements and digital signatures, Ian Lloyd; the taxation of electronic commerce, Sandra Eden. Part 4 Liability for content on the Internet: defamation and the Internet - name-calling in Cyberspace, Lilian Edwards; news without frontiers - pre-trial prejudice and the Internet, Alistair Bonnington; computer crime, Paul Cullen; governance of pornography and child pornography on the global Internet - a multi-layered approach, Yaman Akdeniz. Part 5 Electronic evidence and procedure: the impact of information technology upon civil practice and procedure, Stuart Gale.