Cyberlaw: Text and Cases (Hardcover)

by Gerald R. Ferrera (Author), Stephen D. Lichtenstein (Author), Margo E. K. Reder (Author), Ray August (Author), William T. Schiano (Author)

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Product Description
This exciting, new text assists aspiring business managers in recognizing the legal issues relevant to maintaining and doing business on a company Web site. It covers relevant legal issues, applicable court decisions, federal and state statutes, administrative rulings, legal literature, and ethical considerations relating to Internet law.

From the Publisher
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 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 464 pages
• Publisher: South-Western Educational Publishing; 1st edition (August 10, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0324012977
• ISBN-13: 978-0324012972
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,352,120 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A non common law layer comment., November 24, 2000

By	Jorge E. Galvis Tovar (BOGOTA D.C., Colombia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

An very updated text. Concise, precise and well presented. There is no bored and extensive dissertations about what should be the law of internet. This is a pragmatic view. Every topic is well documented and comes with several sugested sites to visit for reference or aditional information. Be aware this is an American Legal System analisys, it does not explores civil law implications. Useful for beginners and advanced legal professionals working in the web industry.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	R. Johnson (Richmond, Virginia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: CyberLaw: Text and Cases (Hardcover)

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.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars the real deal with cyberlaw!, August 15, 2002

By	leena (kuala lumpur) - See all my reviews

This is the first book that truly explains all about cyberlaw, It's easy to read and very educational, doesnt matter if your not that good with the internet you'll still enjoy reading this book that gives you all the information you need on cyberlaw, gives many cases as examples, and explains abrevations! I would recomend this book to anyone trying to understand what really go's on in the law of the world wide web.