4/07/03
Lex 8256:
Seminar: The Law in Cyberspace
REVISED SYLLABUS
Thursday, January 16:
- Paper topic selections due before noon.
No class January 20 -- Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
Assignment for January 27:
- A. Michael Froomkin, An Introduction
to the "Governance" of the Internet
- Using Google (listed on the sources
page), find at least one example on the Web from each of the following categories:
- Dangerous or deceptive health information
- Instructions for hacking something
- Pornography (would a court find it to be indecent or obscene?)
- Hate speech
Bring the URLs for each example with you to class. - Reno v. ACLU,
521 U.S. 844 (1997). You can find the opinions on LEXIS, WESTLAW, or on the
Internet in a variety of locations, including http://laws.findlaw.com/US/000/96-511.html
and http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/96-511.ZS.html
Assignment for February 3:
- Ashcroft v. ACLU, 122 S. Ct. 1700 (2002), online at, e.g.:
- American Library Ass'n v. United States, 201 F. Supp. 2d 401
(E.D. Pa.), prob. juris noted, 123 S. Ct. 551 (2002), online at, e.g.:
- Jurisdictional
statement of the United States in United States v. American Library
Ass'n
- View one of the following sites (do not do this portion of
the assignment on an employer's computer):
Assignment for February 10:
Assignment for February 17:
Assignment
for February 24 (assignment due Feb. 14):
Assignment for March 3 (assignment due Feb. 21):
Assignment for March 17:
Assignment
for March 24 (assignment
due Mar. 14):
Assignment for March 31 (assignment due Mar. 21):
Papers -- first drafts due April 1
Assignment for April 7 (assignment due Mar. 28):
Extra topic (optional):
- Electronic
payment systems I was planning on covering this material on April
14. When I rescheduled Jonathon from the 7th to the 14th, though,
this assignment became orphaned; read it if you're interested in the subject
matter.
Assignment
for April 14 (assignment
due Apr. 4):
Assignment
for April 21:
Assignment
for April 24:
Papers -- final drafts due April 24