Regulation of Cyberspace - Control in the Online Environment

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Murray is Senior Lecturer in IT and Internet Law in the Department of Law, London School of Economics. Klappentext Examining the development and design of regulatory structures in the online environment, The Regulation of Cyberspace considers current practices and suggests a regulatory model that acknowledges its complexity and how it can be used by regulators to provide a more comprehensive regulatory structure for cyberspace.Drawing on the work of cyber-regulatory theorists, such as Yochai Benkler, Andrew Shapiro and Lawrence Lessig, Murray explores and analyzes how all forms of control, including design and market controls, as well as traditional command and control regulation, are applied within the complex and flexible environment of cyberspace. It includes chapters on:the role of the cyberlawyer environmental design and controlonline communities cyber laws and cyber law-making.This book is an essential read for anyone interested in law and information technology. Zusammenfassung This volume unites cyber and mainstream regulatory theory. Using the scientific techniques of chaos and synchronicity it explains how regulatory design functions, and offers a model for the design of effective regulation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part A: Mapping the Cyber-Regulatory Environment 1. Coffee Pots and Protocols: The Role of the Cyberlawyer 2. Regulatory Competition and Webs of Regulation Part B: Regulatory Tools and Digital Content 3. Environmental Design and Control 4. Code Controls and Controlling Code 5. Online Communities 6. Competition and Indirect Controls 7. Cyber Laws and Cyber Law-Making Part C: Regulating Cyberspace: Challenges and Opportunities 8. Regulating Cyberspace 9. Embracing Uncertainty

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Murray, Andrew (London School of Economics Murray, Andrew (The London School of Economics and Murray, Andrew (The London School of Economics and Political Science Murray, Andrew D. Murray
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2006
• EAN: 9780415420013
• ISBN: 978-0-415-42001-3
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / General, LAW / Media & the Law, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Telecommunications, Systems of law, Social Law, IT and Communications law / Postal laws and regulations, Social law and Medical law, IT & Communications law