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NOTICES:	Congratulations to the Fall 2001 class for an excellent semester. eCommerce will return next year.

The Future of eCommerce

What is the "law of electronic commerce"?

In this final class, we'll reflect a bit upon the nature of the "law of electronic commerce." What "is" the law of eCommerce? Who makes such a law? (And, should they?)

 

Read the following short pieces:

Frank Easterbrook, Cyberspace and the Law of the Horse, 1996 U. Chi. Legal F 207

Lawrence Lessig, Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (2001) (Preface)

Lawrence Lessig, Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (2001) (Conclusion)

David Post, How Shall the Net Be Governed, American Lawyer, 1996

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Notes & Questions

 

1. Who's right? How should eCommerce be regulated? Not at all? Minimally? Substantially?

 

2. Is Easterbrook right about the "Law of the Horse"? Did we learn anything about the law in this class?

 

3. What does our view of the "law of eCommerce" imply for the future of legal regulation? More laws? Less? More emphasis on technology?

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for a great semester, and best of luck with your exams!

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