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Re: What is cyberlaw?
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Fred von Lohmann
This takes me back to 1995, when I helped Peggy Radin put together the first cyberlaw course at Stanford Law School. You may want to consider the approach Stanford has taken in the years since -- cyberlaw has now been divided into 3 courses: (1) E-Commerce; (2) Free Expression in Cyberspace; (3) IP in Cyberspace. So you solve the mish-mosh by separating the mish from the mosh, then teaching a whole semester about either mish or mosh.
While I like high-minded efforts to synthesize some unified field theory of cyberlaw (and James Grimmelman has made a nice start on his blog), I think students may be better served by the survey. Let them come up with their own synthesis.
At the other extreme, I think it would be fun to take a "case study" approach and try to teach aspects of cyberlaw through a handful of real-world disputes (like broadcast flag, DVD, or spam).
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