Internet Law
Law 633. This course will examine how the law is responding to the various challenges posed by the Internet. It will look at the application of various sources of law including the United States Constitution, state and federal statutes and regulations and common law principles to the Internet as well as a variety of proposals for new or revised laws to regulate this means of both communication and commerce. Topics to be discussed include efforts to censor the Internet, the legal status of domain names, on-line defamation, jurisdiction over cyberspace and Internet crimes. The course does not require any technical expertise, but instead will focus on the way in which the legal system responds to the creation of new technology either by reasoning by analogy and applying existing legal principles or by creating new legal categories and regulatory techniques.
Room: Room 3
Course Meetings: Monday and Wednesday 12:30-1:45 p.m.
Required Course Materials: Required Casebook: Bellia, Berman & Post, Cyberlaw: Problems of Policy and Jurisprudence in the Information Age (Second Edition, Thomson/West 2004) PLUS Spring 2005 Supplement to Cyberlaw casebook which is available online as a PDF. Additional materials will be made available online as supplements to the casebook material as necessary.
2005 Course Review
Exam Question for Review in Class on Monday April 25
First Week Assignments
Syllabus - Part I
Syllabus - Part II
Internet Law Subscription
You can obtain information on how to register for Internet Law News, a free daily e-mail summary of developments in Internet law published by BNA at ecommercecenter.bna.com/
Related Links
Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act
ICANN Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
Special Issues Arising From Use of Trademarks on the Internet
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/sg_cyb.htm
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/