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Law for computer scientists and other folk / Mireille Hildebrandt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hildebrandt, Mireille, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Computers--Law and legislation.
- Computers.
- Internet--Law and legislation.
- Internet.
- Privacy, Right of.
- Computer crimes.
- Copyright.
- Liability (Law).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- This is a textbook on law for computer scientists and many others with no wish to become a lawyer, who are nevertheless in need of a proper introduction to how law operates and how it affects individuals, societies and others. It introduces: privacy and data protection, cybercrime, copyright, private law liability and legal personhood.
- Contents:
- Introduction : textbook and essay
- Part I. What law does
- Law, democracy, and the rule of law
- Domains of law : private, public and criminal law
- International and supranational law
- Part II. Domains of cyber law
- Privacy and data protection
- Cybercrime
- Copyright in cyberspace
- Private law liability for faulty ICT
- Part III. Frontiers of law in an onlife world
- Legal personhood for AI?
- 'Legal by design' or 'legal protection by design'?
- Part IV. Finals
- Closure : on ethics, code, and law.
- Notes:
- This edition also issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 16, 2020).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-260491-0
- 0-19-189293-9
- 0-19-260490-2
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