HOW DID CYBERLAW BEGIN?

HOW DID CYBERLAW BEGIN?

In this course, the students will have an overview of the importance and significance of Cyberlaw as a discipline of legal study. The students will further get to know how Cyberlaw as a discipline evolved given the early advent and growth of the Internet and the World Wide Web. The students will further get to understand of how early developments in Cyberlaw jurisprudence were remarkably shaped up and influenced by the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce and UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures and further how these early developments in the beginning era of Cyberlaw gave a foundation head start for the further development and evolution of Cyberlaw as a legal discipline.

Topics covered:

1. Introduction
2. Beginning of the Internet
3. Power of the Internet
4. Anonymity on the Internet and Legal Vaccum
5. Definition of Cyberlaw
6. Ambit of Cyberlaw-converted
7. Applications of Cyberlaw-converted
8. Cyberlaw constantly evolving-converted
9. Origin of Electronic Commerce and it’s enabling Legal Framework
10. UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce
11. Article 5 & 6 UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce
12. Article 7 UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce
13. Article 8 – Requirements for original e-records
14. Article 9 – Admissibility and evidential weight of data message
15. Article 10 – Retention of data messages
16. Formation and Validity for e-contracts
17. Attribution of data messages
18. Article 15 – Time and Place of dispatch and receipt of data messages
19. UNCITRAL role in coming up with model laws
20. UNCITRAL model laws and differences
21. Definition of e-signature
22. Electronic signature and legal requirements
23. Other issues covered by UNCITRAL Model Law on e-signature
24. UNCTAD global Cyberlaw tracker
25. Related Courses
26. Conclusion