Chris Reed is Professor of Electronic Commerce Law at Queen Mary, University ofLondon. He teaches on a number of Queen Mary's LLM courses in the field, which include ComputerLaw, Electronic Commerce Law, and Cyberspace Law. From 1997-2000, Chris was Joint Chairman ofthe Society for Computers and Law, and in 1997-8 he acted as Specialist Adviser to the House ofLords Select Committee on Science and Technology. Chris participated as an Expert at the EuropeanCommission/Danish Government Copenhagen Hearing on Digital Signatures, represented the UKGovernment at the Hague Conference on Private International Law, and has been an invited speakerat OECD and G8 international conferences.

• PART I - CYBERSPACE AS A LAWFUL SPACE ; Introduction ; 1. Command and control ; 2. The route to lawfulness ; PART II - AUTHORITY IN CYBERSPACE ; 3. Extraterritoriality ; 4. Enforcement in cyberspace ; 5. Sources of authority ; 6. Authoritative lawmaking ; PART III - RESPECTWORTHY LAWS ; 7. Cyberspace communities and cyberspace norms ; 8. Three ways to make meaningless law ; 9. Aims and effectiveness ; 10. Mismatch with cyber-reality

A clearly structured and well-thought out analysis of effective law-making for cyberspace, which will form the debate on the subject for years to comea must read for anyone interested in how cyberspace should be regulated.

Chris Reed is Professor of Electronic Commerce Law at Queen Mary, University ofLondon. He teaches on a number of Queen Mary's LLM courses in the field, which include ComputerLaw, Electronic Commerce Law, and Cyberspace Law. From 1997-2000, Chris was Joint Chairman ofthe Society for Computers and Law, and in 1997-8 he acted as Specialist Adviser to the House ofLords Select Committee on Science and Technology. Chris participated as an Expert at the EuropeanCommission/Danish Government Copenhagen Hearing on Digital Signatures, represented the UKGovernment at the Hague Conference on Private International Law, and has been an invited speakerat OECD and G8 international conferences.

• PART I - CYBERSPACE AS A LAWFUL SPACE ; Introduction ; 1. Command and control ; 2. The route to lawfulness ; PART II - AUTHORITY IN CYBERSPACE ; 3. Extraterritoriality ; 4. Enforcement in cyberspace ; 5. Sources of authority ; 6. Authoritative lawmaking ; PART III - RESPECTWORTHY LAWS ; 7. Cyberspace communities and cyberspace norms ; 8. Three ways to make meaningless law ; 9. Aims and effectiveness ; 10. Mismatch with cyber-reality

A clearly structured and well-thought out analysis of effective law-making for cyberspace, which will form the debate on the subject for years to comea must read for anyone interested in how cyberspace should be regulated.

Chris Reed is Professor of Electronic Commerce Law at Queen Mary, University ofLondon. He teaches on a number of Queen Mary's LLM courses in the field, which include ComputerLaw, Electronic Commerce Law, and Cyberspace Law. From 1997-2000, Chris was Joint Chairman ofthe Society for Computers and Law, and in 1997-8 he acted as Specialist Adviser to the House ofLords Select Committee on Science and Technology. Chris participated as an Expert at the EuropeanCommission/Danish Government Copenhagen Hearing on Digital Signatures, represented the UKGovernment at the Hague Conference on Private International Law, and has been an invited speakerat OECD and G8 international conferences.

• PART I - CYBERSPACE AS A LAWFUL SPACE ; Introduction ; 1. Command and control ; 2. The route to lawfulness ; PART II - AUTHORITY IN CYBERSPACE ; 3. Extraterritoriality ; 4. Enforcement in cyberspace ; 5. Sources of authority ; 6. Authoritative lawmaking ; PART III - RESPECTWORTHY LAWS ; 7. Cyberspace communities and cyberspace norms ; 8. Three ways to make meaningless law ; 9. Aims and effectiveness ; 10. Mismatch with cyber-reality

A clearly structured and well-thought out analysis of effective law-making for cyberspace, which will form the debate on the subject for years to comea must read for anyone interested in how cyberspace should be regulated.