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Law and Society Approaches to Cyberspace
Ashgate Publishing, Sep 2007, Pages: 770
During the past decade, the rise of online communication has proven to be particularly fertile ground for academic exploration at the intersection of law and society. Scholars have considered how best to apply existing law to new technological problems but they also have returned to first principles, considering fundamental questions about what law is, how it is formed and its relation to cultural and technological change.
This collection brings together many of these seminal works, which variously seek to interrogate assumptions about the nature of communication, knowledge, invention, information, sovereignty, identity and community. From the use of metaphor in legal opinions about the internet, to the challenges posed by globalization and deterritorialization, to the potential utility of online governance models, to debates about copyright, free expression and privacy, this collection offers an invaluable introduction to cutting-edge ideas about law and society in an online era.
In addition, the introductory essay both situates this work within the trajectory of law and society scholarship and summarizes the major fault lines in ongoing policy debates about the regulation of online activity.
About the Author/Editor
Paul Schiff Berman is a Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law, USA, and is currently a fellow in the Program in Law and Public Affairs at Princeton University, USA. He is a graduate of Princeton and he received his law degree from New York University School of Law. Prior to entering academia, he served as a law clerk first to Chief Judge Harry T. Edwards of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and then to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the United States Supreme Court. His scholarship has appeared in leading law journals and he is currently at work on a book tentatively titled Law Beyond Borders. He is the editor of a previous collection of essays published by Ashgate Publishing, titled The Globalization of International Law.
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