A new model for cyberspace laws focussing on human actions rather than the technology used. Arguing that, in cyberspace, law works primarily through voluntary obedience rather than fear of enforcement, Professor Reed re-opens the debate as to the value of laws for regulating cyberspace and how best to regulate behaviour.

Chris Reed is Professor of Electronic Commerce Law at Queen Mary, University of
London. He teaches on a number of Queen Mary's LLM courses in the field, which include Computer
Law, Electronic Commerce Law, and Cyberspace Law. From 1997-2000, Chris was Joint Chairman of
the Society for Computers and Law, and in 1997-8 he acted as Specialist Adviser to the House of
Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology. Chris participated as an Expert at the European
Commission/Danish Government Copenhagen Hearing on Digital Signatures, represented the UK
Government at the Hague Conference on Private International Law, and has been an invited speaker
at 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