| Details | | Publication Date: | 1996-04-01 | | Editor: | Thomas J. Smedinghoff |
| Size | | Length: | 544 pages | | Height: | 9.0 in | | Width: | 7.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 32.8 oz |
Publisher's Note
The Internet is changing the way people communicate and the way companies do business. At the same time, it is transforming the law. Whether you buy or sell goods and services online, publish information via the World-Wide Web, exchange messages via e-mail, electronically distribute digital content, or make payments online, you will be faced with new legal questions that are challenging businesses and attorneys alike. Written for the layperson, but extensively annotated for the experienced lawyer, Online Law provides clear guidance through the rapidly developing law of electronic commerce. Based on sound legal principles, this comprehensive handbook draws on the extensive knowledge of experienced attorneys at the forefront of today's emerging online legal issues.
This comprehensive legal guide, edited by a prominent attorney in the online world and endorsed by a leading software organization--the Software Publishers Association--covers the most compelling issues faced by online users and service providers. "Online Law" is a complete guide to the body of laws that govern such issues such as computer fraud and crime, copyright infringement, defamation, liability, and the right to control information access and distribution. It gives clear guidance for transacting business on the Net to both online vendors and consumers. Electronic contracts, taxes, buying and selling goods, making payments, and liability for information are covered in depth.
Industry Reviews
Very much a book on Internet law, this thorough resource provides access to over 500 pages of complex legal material. It offers intriguing chapters on jurisdiction and taxation of online commerce, and the section on a signed writing and the statute of frauds is written from a telecommunications perspective. Annotated endnotes are done in legal citation. The only drawback is the insertion of sometimes confusing cross references. A member (like his contributors) of McBride Baker & Coles, a Chicago law firm, editor Smedinghoff has written extensively on the legal aspects of software. His book is more accessible and readable than Edward A. Cavazos and Gavin Morin's Cyberspace and the Law (MIT, 1994) and is a sure companion for any computer law course. Recommended for all libraries and essential for law libraries. Alan Schroeder, Chapman Univ. Sch. of Law, Huntington Beach, Cal.
Breitman
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