University
of New South Wales - Faculty of Law
- Information Technology Law
C y b e r s p a c e
- l a w
Previous Notices
Please start reading Study
Guide 1: Introductions to cyberspace, its law and theory (Part 1).
The first Discussion Questions will be issued on Monday 5 March (27/2)
Students must subscribe
to the class email list by Monday 5 March, when disussion will start.
If you don't have the password, contact me (GG) (27/2)
The introductory meeting for LAWS 1031 is in the Computer
Lab (Level 8, Law Library) at 4-6pm on Tuesday 27 February. Attendance
is compulsory (26/2).
The brief Information
Sheet 2001 can be downloaded (4/1/01)
The detailed Objectives
& Assessment 2001
is now available (4/1/01)
Materials on the site are from Session 1 2000 and are
now being updated for 2001 (4/1/01).
2000 Notices
The End-of
-Session Take-Home is now available (5/6/00)
End
of Session information - Make sure you read the class email discussion
list for important information (2/6)
Topic
6 Study Guide - Properties: Copyright and related rights in Cyberspace
is now completed (2/6)
Make sure you read the class email discussion list for important information
concerning discussion questions (21/5)
Topic
5 Study Guide - Privacy and surveillance in cyberspace - Parts 6 &
7 added (21/5)
Topic
4 Study Guide - Computer crime and investigation now available (1/5/00)
Study
Guide Topic 3.3. Telecommunications regulation of cyberspace available
(28/4/00)
Topic
3 Study Guide - Governance of cyberspace: Entitites and
networks - first two Parts now available (13/4/00)
[NEWS] Privacy
Bill for private sector introduced - see class lists for details (13/4/00)
The
Topic
2 Study Guide -
Encryption:
Something special in cyberspace is now completed, and additional Discussion
Questions have been allocated - see the class list (3/4/00)
The
Essay
Topics are now available (20/3/00)
The
due date for the Research Essay has been changed to 4pm Thursday
4 May (Week 9). The Timetable
for the Topics has also been revised. See the class email lists for details
(20/3/00).
The
Topic
2 Study Guide - Encryption: Something special in cyberspace is now
available. Please read Part 1 ' Public key cryptography - Basic concepts
and main uses' (22/3/00)
The email archives for Group
1 and Group 2
now contain all email sent to the classs lists. Students who have only
joined the class list within the last week should refer to the archive
to catch up on all previous email. (17/3/00)
The
Discussion
Questions and the revised Study
Guide for Topic 1 Part 2 'Theories of the relationship between law
and cyberspace' are now available. The Questions will be allocated to students
via the class email lists. This is the current reading and discussion
until Topic 2 is released next week. (17/03/00)
Don't
forget the Class Picnic this Sunday 19th
at 12 - Details are in the class lists for Group
1 and Group
2 (17/3/00)
The Discussion
Questions for Topic 1.1 are now available. Allocation of questions
to students is being mailed to the class email lists (Group 1 on
Thursday, Group 2 on Friday). (8/3/00)
LAWS
9977 (LLM) students should obtain a username/password for some of these
pages from Holly Raiche (5/3/00)
2000
Study Guides - Topic 1: Introductions to cyberspace, its law and
theory is now available. Part 1 is finished. Please start reading.
The first Discussion Questions will be issued early next week. (3/3/00)
All
LAWS 1031 students must subscribe to the class email
discussion lists by the end of Week 2. Failure to do so constitutes
non-attendance. If you have a problem doing so, contact your teacher. (3/3/00)
Cyberspace
Law Update 1998-2000 has been expanded (but not yet finished)
(29/2/00)
UNSW
Law Faculty - IT Resources for Students - Please read this document
for details of Faculty Computer Labs and accounts (24/2/00)
The draft
Outline
Objectives & Assessment 2000 is now available - please read
for the Introductory class (23/2/00)
Cyberspace
Law Resources database now on AustLII - This database will contain
articles etc for this subject not otherwise available on the web. This
first few inclusions are now available. (12/2/00)
Free
Seminar this Tuesday 7 March 9:00 - 5:00 (or part thereof) - Students
in this subject (LLB or LLM) have a free (optional) invitation to
attend the UNSW Law Faculty Continuing Legal Education
one day Seminar
Recent
Developments in European Information Technology Law - Please
note it will now be held in the Vallentine Annexe on campus (next to the
car park near the Law Faculty), not downtown There will be at least
one (optional) research essay topic this year for LAWS 1031 which includes
EU developments. (3/3/00)
Extra
group now available - A second group in this subject has
now been created due the demand for places. Lee Bygrave will teach
the second group via Internet delivery. For adminstrative purposes the
two groups will be separate, but Graham and Lee will be jointly teaching
both groups (24/2/00)
Introductory
Class in Week 1 - There will be an Introductory Class for the subject
in the Law Faculty Computer Lab on Level 8 (Law Library) at the times below.
Please ensure that you attend - it's compulsory.
After that, teaching takes place via the Internet. (24/2/00)
Group 1: 4-6 pm on
Tuesday 29 February (Graham Greenleaf's group)
Group 2:
4-6 pm on Thursday 2 March (Lee Bygrave's group)
If it is impossible for you to attend at the time allocated for your
group, please attend at the time for the other group (24/2/00)
E-mail
account needed - You must have a functioning email account to
do this subject. You can use any email account you choose. Please make
sure you have one by Week 1 (13/2/00).
Students
in this subject have a free (optional) invitation to attend the
UNSW Law Faculty Continuing Legal Education one day Seminar
Recent
Developments in European Information Technology Law - Tuesday
7 March 2000 9:00-5:00. You will need to inform me at the Introductory
Class if you can attend. There will be at least one (optional) research
essay topic this year which includes EU developments. (13/2/00)
Cyberspace
Law Update 1998-2000- This update contains links to recent developments
in all topics to be taught in the course, to be used until each topic's
Reading Guide is updated. (13/2/00).
NEWS 'Plan
for crackdown on hackers' (SMH 12/2/00) This news item raises a question
for our Computer Crime topic - 'Don't our existing computer crime laws
already cover 'denial of service' attacks?' (12/2/00)