Computer Law: Introduction to Computer Law 5th Edition

✍ Scribed by David Bainbridge

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 65 KB
• Volume: 20
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0267-3649
• DOI: 10.1016/s0267-3649(04)00083-4

✦ Synopsis

The author notes in the preface that the first edition of this book (1990) was a "relatively slim volume, indicative of the fact that computer law was only really starting to develop as a subject in its own right". Since then, "computer law has grown enormously, reflecting the continual growth of the use of computers and the new and emerging uses that computer technology has been and will be put to". Central to this is the Internet, with its legal implications stimulating national and international responses. This is reflected in the work, which includes sections on e-commerce; challenges to intellectual property rights; freedom of expression issues; and the threats posed by hackers and computer virus writers.