Electronic and Mobile Commerce Law: An Analysis of Trade, Finance, Media and Cybercrime in the Digital Age

This text is unique in bringing together the many disparate aspects of what is variously called internet law, cyber law or electronic commerce ('e-commerce') law. Included is the law relating to online contracts and payment systems, electronic marketing and various forms of cybercrime as well as the regulation of electronic communications networks and services. Insights are also given into emerging areas such as internet libel, online gambling, virtual property, cloud computing, smart cards and electronic cash, as well as the growing use of mobile phones to perform tasks previously carried out by computers. The rapid, commercially driven evolution of the Internet has raised concomitant legal concerns which have required responses from both national and international law. However, the pace of development within the telecommunications sector has been such that, no sooner has the law begun to regulate the area of e-commerce, than it is being expected to address new issues associated with 'mobile commerce' ('m-commerce'). The four authors and their contributors have drawn on specialist knowledge to provide a complete analysis of e- and m-commerce law which will be invaluable to business, industry and the legal profession. The combination of international authors ensures that every aspect of this global subject is dealt with from a cross-jurisdictional perspective. In charting the full spectrum of technology-driven, commercially oriented and frequently consumer-related legal issues, they provide timely critical insight into this crucial and constantly evolving legal arena.

Table of Contents:
1 Contractual Aspects of Electronic Commerce by Stuart Weinstein 2 Commercial Conflict of Laws by Charles Wild 3 Domain Names, Trademarks and Passing Off by Stuart Weinstein 4 Copyright, Patents and the Internet by Stuart Weinstein 5 e-Marketing and Libel over the Internet by Stuart Weinstein 6 Cloud Computing by Karen McCullagh 7 Virtual Worlds by Marina Hamilton 8 Key Principles of e-Finance by Charles Wild 9 Payment Cards and the Internet by Charles Wild 10 Electronic Cash and Smart Cards by Charles Wild 11 Online Gambling by Marina Hamilton 12 Cybercrime by Neil MacEwan 13 Case Study on Cyber Warfare by Stuart Weinstein, Pauline Reich, Charles Wild and Allan Cabalong 14 The Regulatory Framework by Neal Geach 15 Conditions of Network and Service Provision by Neal Geach 16 Commercial Access by Neal Geach 17 Consumer Access and Rights by Neal Geach 18 Spectrum by Neal Geach 19 The Evolution of m-Commerce: Nokia Case Study by Charles Wild 20 Audiovisual Media Services by Neal Geach

About the Author :
Charles Wild is Head of the School of Law at the University of Hertfordshire. A specialist in company and commercial law, Dr Wild's publications include, with Stuart Weinstein, Smith & Keenan's Company Law (14th ed, Pearson, 2009) and Smith & Keenan's English Law (16th ed, Pearson, 2010) as well as contributions to Cybercrime & Security (Oxford University Press, 2008). Stuart Weinstein is Associate Head of the School of Law at the University of Hertfordshire, specialising in commercial, telecommunications and intellectual property law. Neil MacEwan is a Senior Lecturer at Salford University. His research interests are cybercrime and internet regulation. He is a co-author, with Charles Wild and Stuart Weinstein, of Internet Law (Old Bailey Press, 2005). Neal Geach is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Law at the University of Hertfordshire with research interests in e-commerce, electronic communications and media law.