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Bristol University Law of E-Commerce (LAWDM0079)

The speed of technological innovation

means that even as laws and regulatory
practices are formulated, they are
already under pressure from the next
wave of development: thus solutions
promulgated for internet based e-
commerce are already criticised as
unsuitable for the requirements of the
mobile e-commerce arena. The unit
explores how legislators, regulators and
business decision makers interact in their
attempts to develop a coherent and
flexible body of law and regulatory
practice for an increasingly globalised
electronic commerce environment. This
will involve consideration of current and
potential legal and regulatory strategies
that can be used to achieve aims such as
protection of consumers, provision of
international dispute resolution,
development of alternative payment
systems, enforcement of national
regulatory regimes (e.g. financial
services, gambling), and taxation of e-
commerce.

USA

The University of Western Intellectual Property, Information

and Technology Law
Ontario Intellectual property, information and
technology law (IPIT) at Western Law
encompasses intellectual enquiry into
all areas touching upon the new
economic and social environments
brought about by the computer and
telecommunications revolutions.
However, at Western Law this area is
deliberately not only about intellectual
property (IP) and information
technology (IT). Our researchers all
investigate phenomena at the nexes of
boundaries between traditional areas
of legal scholarship such as freedom of
expression and patents or copyright
and criminal censorship that have
become increasingly important as the
knowledge economy and its attendant
social consequences have emerged.