Information technology law: the law society / Andrew Murray

PART I INFORMATION AND SOCIETY ; 1. The world of bits ; 2. The network of networks ; 3. Digitisation and society ; PART II GOVERNANCE IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY ; 4. Regulating the digital environment ; 5. Digital ownership ; 6. Cyber-speech ; 7. Defamation ; PART III DIGITAL CONTENT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ; 8. Intellectual property rights and the information society ; 9. Software ; 10. Copyright in the digital environment ; 11. Databases ; 12. Branding and trade marks in the information society ; PART IV CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY ; 13. Computer misuse ; 14. Pornography and obscenity in the information society ; 15. Crime and law enforcement in the information society ; PART V E-COMMERCE ; 16. Electronic contracts ; 17. Electronic payments and taxation ; PART IV PRIVACY IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY ; 18. Data protection ; 19. Data and personal privacy ; PART VII FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR INFORMATION LAW ; 20. The digital public sphere ; 21. Virtual environments ; 22. What way next?

Information Technology Law examines how law interacts with our actions in cyberspace and other elements of the information society. The first book to consider the relationship between the legal system and the information society, it also covers issues such as governance, free expression and crime, and looks forward to future challenges.