How is the cyberspace (including the Internet) governed and regulated, both locally and internationally? The course covers the most pervasive and general forms of regulation, including:
* the role and regulation of entities distinctive of cyberspace, such as IP addresses and domain names, Internet Service Provides (ISPs) and Certification Authorities (CAs);
* the distinctive technologies of cyberspace such as public key cryptography, and the Internet Protocols;
* the roles in Internet law and regulation played by control of technology ('code'), standards, self-regulation, and conventional legislation (eg 'computer crime' and spam laws);
* how public international law (treaties etc) and private international law cope with the 'borderless world' of cyberspace.

This course is intended to be studied before or in conjunction with other information technology law subjects, and to provide valuable background to many of them. This course is not concerned (except
incidentally) with the information content of cyberspace (see Internet content regulation - LAWS 3040) or privacy law (see LAWS 3037). The course focuses on the law of Australia (particularly New South Wales), in the context of international developments.