Details
- Provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the law as it relates to the modern online environment, including governance, digital expression, IPRs and digitisation, e-crimes, e-commerce and data privacy/protection
- The first textbook in this subject to discuss the unique challenges of the information society including: the digital public sphere, the digital divide, virtual environments (including gaming) and the future challenge of web 3.0
- Includes regular highlight and case study boxes, which place the theory into context and encourage students to engage critically with the subject
- Supported by an Online Resource Centre which includes regular podcast updates, a list of helpful weblinks, a glossary and a link to the author's IT law blog
Information Technology Law is the ideal companion for a course of study on IT law and the ways in which it is evolving in response to rapid technological and social change.
This ground-breaking new work is the first textbook to systematically examine how the law and legal process of the UK interacts with the modern 'information society' and the fast-moving process of digitisation. It examines the challenges that this fast pace of change brings to the established legal order, which was developed to meet the needs of a traditional physical society.
To address these issues, this book begins by defining the information society and discussing how it may be regulated. From there it moves to questions of internet governance and rights and responsibilities in the digital environment. Particular attention is paid to key regulatory 'pressure points', including:
· copyright for digital products
· identity fraud
· electronic commerce
· privacy and surveillance
Possible future challenges and opportunities are outlined and discussed, including e-government, virtual environments and property, and the development of web 3.0. Information Technology Law: The law and society covers all aspects of a course of study on IT law, and is therefore an ideal text for students. The author's highly original and thought-provoking approach to the subject also makes it essential reading for researchers, IT professionals and policymakers.
Online Resource Centre
This book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre containing the following resources for students:
· Regular podcast updates from the author
· A selection of useful web links
· A glossary of key terms
· A link to the author's IT law blog
Readership: This book is suitable for LLB and LLM students taking a module which is usually called IT law but can be called internet law, e-commerce law, law and the information society or computer law. The book will also be of interest to students of computer science, IT, IS etc.
Part I Information and Society1.: The world of bits2.: The network of networks3.: Digitisation and societyPart II Governance in the Information Society4.: Regulating the digital environment5.: Digital ownership6.: Cyber-speech7.: DefamationPart III Digital Content and Intellectual Property Rights8.: Intellectual property rights and the information society9.: Software10.: Copyright in the digital environment11.: Databases12.: Branding and trade marks in the information societyPart IV Criminal Activity in the Information Society13.: Computer misuse14.: Pornography and obscenity in the information society15.: Crime and law enforcement in the information societyPart V E-Commerce16.: Electronic contracts17.: Electronic payments and taxationPart IV Privacy in the Information Society18.: Data protection19.: Data privacyPart VII Future Challenges for Information Law20.: The digital public sphere21.: Virtual environments22.: What way next?
Andrew Murray, Reader in Law, London School of Economics and Political Science
