CWRU Law School Faculty Authors

Students and instructors alike will welcome this comprehensive and coherent approach to the study of cyberspace law. Authors Ku, Farber, and Cockfield blend their academic and practical experience to create an exceptionally strong casebook that illuminates the issues that arise when existing legal rules are applied to the emerging area of cyberspace. Carefully crafted for use in both introductory and advanced courses, Cyberspace Law: Cases and Materials opens with an introductory chapter, then delves into: - regulating cyberspace - speech in cyberspace - content as property in cyberspace - privacy - the ownership of computer networks - private ordering of cyberspaceWhen you review this new teaching tool, be sure to notice: - how skillfully the authors help students apply existing legal rules to cyberspace - the many practical, classroom-tested problems - the balanced presentation of competing approaches and theories for each issue - the flexible organization, allowing instructors to emphasize selected perspectives - cases such as Quill Corp. v. North Dakota Tasini v. N. Y. Times, UMG Recordings v. MP3.com, A&M Recordings v. Napster, and Amazon.com v. BarnesandNoble.com that offer a sophisticated analysis of cutting-edge legal issues - the review of policy concerns that will drive future legal analysis - the book's extremely thorough (250 pages) Teacher's Manual that offers concise discussions of cases, teaching suggestions, and analysis of the issues raised by the problems

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.

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 Third 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; - Remains up-to-date with postings of new cases and important developments on the author website.

Written by the Director for the newly created Center for Cyberspace Law & Policy at Case Western Reserve University, the Fourth Edition of Cyberspace Law: Cases and Materials reflects the broad knowledge and experience of a pioneer in the teaching of Cyberspace law. This was the first casebook devoted exclusively to the study of cyberspace law, and is the only one that presents it as the study of the creation, dissemination, and acquisition of human thought, creativity, and information in the digital age.