Law and Society Approaches to Cyberspace

Berman, Paul

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Law and Society Approaches to Cyberspace

Paul Schiff Berman

George Washington University - Law School

LAW AND SOCIETY APPROACHES TO CYBERSPACE, Ashgate Publishing, 2007
Princeton Law and Public Affairs Working Paper No. 07-009

Abstract:
This is the introductory essay to an edited collection titled Law and Society Approaches to Cyberspace and published by Ashgate Publishing. Accordingly, the essay first considers what qualifies as a law and society approach to any particular subject. Then, I address questions about what it means to study cyberspace, surveying some of the academic literature on the subject and identifying three distinct waves of scholarship about the Internet since the mid 1990s. I also discuss some of the major theoretical fault lines that have emerged during this period. Finally, the essay summarizes each of the contributions to the volume, which includes work by Sherry Turkle, Richard Ross, Dan Hunter, Gunther Teubner, Paul Schiff Berman, James Boyle, Margaret Jane Radin, Lawrence Lessig, Jack L. Balkin, Jane C. Ginsburg, Jessica Litman, Julie E. Cohen, Anupam Chander, Jerry Kang, Jennifer L. Mnookin, and James Grimmelmann.

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Keywords: Cyberspace, internet, law, society

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Date posted: May 11, 2007 ; Last revised: October 22, 2007

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Berman, Paul Schiff, Law and Society Approaches to Cyberspace. LAW AND SOCIETY APPROACHES TO CYBERSPACE, Ashgate Publishing, 2007; Princeton Law and Public Affairs Working Paper No. 07-009. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=985349

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