CyberLaw: Text and Cases [Hardcover]

Gerald R. Ferrera (Author), Stephen D. Lichtenstein (Author), Margo E. K. Reder (Author), Robert Bird (Author), William T. Schiano (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0324164882 | ISBN-13: 978-0324164886 | Publication Date: July 7, 2003 | Edition: 2

This exciting text assists aspiring business managers in recognizing the legal issues relevant to maintaining and doing business in an e-commerce world. It covers relevant legal issues, applicable court decisions, federal and state statutes, administrative rulings, legal literature, and ethical considerations relating to Internet law.

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This new edition features:

·Ethics: The Manager’s Checklist now discusses ethical ramifications as they relate to chapter content.

·Global Issues: The material from the chapter on Global Issues is integrated throughout the text to better help the students understand the international implications of cyberlaw.

·Antitrust and Licensing: To help students better understand some of the antitrust and licensing issue related to contracts, coverage has been added to chapter 6, On-Line Contracting and Licensing Agreements.

·Patents and Trade Secrets: A new chapter (5) on patents and trade secrets has been added to the text.

The text also features:

·Cyberlaw Cases: Each chapter offers three to four leading Cyberlaw cases.

·Manager's Checklists: At the end of each chapter, checklists help students remember the basic managerial points and ethical issues of the chapter subject matter.

·Cases, Readings, Appendix, and Glossary: More than five mini-cases at the end of each chapter, suggested readings by outside professionals, an appendix containing relevant portions of statutes, and a glossary of Internet jargon also serve to support text content.

The Table of Contents includes:

UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION TO CYBERLAW

1.E-Business and Cyberlaw.

2.Jurisdiction.

UNIT 2 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES IN CYBERSPACE

3.Trademarks.

4.Copyrights.

5.Business Methods Patents.

UNIT 3 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL ISSUES IN CYBERSPACE

6.Online Contracting and Licensing Agreements.

7.Sales Tax in E-Commerce.

8.Online Security Offerings.

UNIT 4 SPECIAL ISSUES IN CYBERSPACE

9.Privacy.

10.Obscenity.

11.Defamation.

12.Internet and Information Security.

13.Internet and Computer Crime

About the Author

Professor Ferrera is an attorney and has been the chair of the Law Department at Bentley College for 17 years. He is also the past president of North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association and a former editor-in-chief of the North Atlantic Regional Business Law Review. His course in Cyberlaw was the first to be offered in business schools in the nation. He is also a legal consultant to professional organizations and business corporations. A nationally recognized teacher and author, Professor Ferrera has led Bentley College's effort to develop a national-model law curriculum incorporating the intersection of business law and information technology. He also has interests in cyberethics. He has been published in the American Journal of Jurisprudence, Pepperdine Law Review, American Business Law Journal, Cleveland State Law Review, Journal of Legal Studies Education, and Marquette Law Review and co-author of Business Law: Text and Cases and The Legal Environment of Business. In March 1999, he was appointed to the Gregory H. Adamian Professorship in Law, a newly established endowed chair. In August 1997, he received the Charles M. Hewitt Excellence in Teaching Award from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. He is also a research fellow at the Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College. The Academy of Legal Studies in Business honored him as recipient of the Ralph C. Hoeber Award, following publication of and article he wrote in the Journal of Legal Studies Education. At Bentley College, he has received the Adamian Award for Teaching Excellence, the Bentley Innovation in Teaching Award, and has been recognized as the Scholar of the Year.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 480 pages
• Publisher: South-Western College/West; 2 edition (July 7, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0324164882
• ISBN-13: 978-0324164886
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CyberLaw: Text and Cases, February 11, 2011

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This is a great book for anyone in media arts that publishes Web content.
The book has a thorough breakdown of current laws and cases regarding Web sites and online businesses.

I purchased the book guaranteed through Amazon from a third party (Green leaves). I needed the book fast so I paid expedited shipping. The book arrived as promised, professionally packaged and in perfect condition.

I am highly satisfied with my purchase.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very helpful book, October 2, 2010

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This book is very good as it provides you a lot of information you needed to know about politics and technology. Contains several different cases and they are all nice to check out. A good book to have for a class involving politics and technology.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Better than nothing, but just slightly, September 18, 2007

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This book is required reading for a class I'm taking. The professor mentioned on the first day of class that is it a bit outdated and that there are few books on this new subject, so we were stuck. In reading it I understand now his comments. The first thing that jump out at me is the poor editing. Most legal books, even paralegal books, are competently written, except for this one. I find the argument difficult to follow and the logic seems circular in many instances. I'm fairly well versed with in rem jurisdiction, but had a hard time trying follow the explanation in this book. I'm assuming that it is because it is trying to appeal to an IT crowd as well as those with legal backgrounds. Unfortunately this book ends up doing both poorly. Given that however, it does provide a good general introduction to the topic and a good place to start if you are new to the concept of cyber law as a discipline. Stated another way, its better than nothing.