LAW 5404: Cyberspace and the Law - 2164

Cyberspace and the Law
Class Term:
Spring Term 2015-2016
Catalog Number:
5404
Class Number:
29230
Class Schedule:
Monday, Wednesday
12:30 pm -
1:45 pm
Room:
LAW G20
Professor(s):

Professor

Type:
Lecture
Credits:
3 (3 Contact, 0 Field)
Priority:
General Enrollment Course
Full Year Course:
No
Category:
Standard Courses

Grading Details

The grade in this course will be based on a take-home final examination.

Description

As the Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) become more central to the world's commercial, social and cultural life, it makes sense to speak of a new dimension in the ways people communicate and express themselves, conduct business, and organize themselves in pursuit of mutual interests via the Global Information Infrastructure: Cyberspace. This course will examine the legal and policy issues arising in connection with Cyberspace, including: protecting privacy expectations in internet communications; protecting intellectual property in and fair use of materials published in Cyberspace; information torts and jurisdictional issues occasioned by world wide computer networks; issues of protected speech, defamatory speech, and the treatment of pornography; and commercial transactions in Cyberspace.

Cyberspace and the Law