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SUMMER 2000
READING
ASSIGNMENTS • STUDENT
WEB PAGES • LINKS
OF INTEREST
University of West Los Angeles - School
of Law
1155 W. Arbor Vitae St., Inglewood, CA 90301-2902 (310) 342-5200; Fax
(310) 342-5295
Map to Law School -- click here.
This three unit class is scheduled for each Monday and Wednesday 6:30
PM to 9:30 PM
beginning on Monday, June 5, 2000 and ending eight weeks later on Monday,
July 24, 2000.
Professor Vincent
P. Tassinari
Day phone number: (310) 207-3800, x767
Map to Law Firm -- click here
EMail: Click Above
I. Course Objectives
The
goal of this course is to present the student with the workings of the
Internet as they relate to familiar bodies of law. This is to allow
the student to expand their Internet law knowledge into less familiar bodies
of law.
Emphasized in
this course are civil procedure's jurisdiction issues, contract issues,
tort issues such as defamation and trespass, and criminal law issues.
Constitutional law issues such as freedom of expression are discussed in
respect of Congress' attempts to establish a uniform obscenity policy throughout
the diversified United States. Copyright issues are emphasized due
to the large impact the Internet has had on the property rights of copyright
owners. Legal issues surrounding web site ownership are emphasized
due to the large number of individuals operating their own web pages.
Less emphasized are agency law, antitrust law, consumer protection law,
employment law, export issues such as encryption, Internet service provider
issues, patent issues, privacy issues, tax law, trade secret law, trademark
law, and U.S.C. law.
II. Reading Sources
Ralph D. Clifford, Computer
and Cyber Law: Cases and Materials, November 1999, $80.00
For further information, see:
Cyberspace Law Subject
Index
Internet
Law Course Web Pages
General Internet Law Information
Computer Dictionary
• As an aid to your note taking, you may electronically record my
lectures.
III. Homework
Each reading
assignment is to be outlined in advance of the assignment date as a
homework assignment.
Each homework assignment will be worth ten points. Throughout the course,
other assignments will have points attached to them. Your overall
score for the homework assignments will be used to determine class-participation
points. Class-participation points will at most raise, maintain, or lower
your grade by one half a letter grade (B to B+; B- to B; C to C-, etc.)
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Class participation is separate from being unprepared when called on in
class. Students unprepared twice in a course will receive one absence
for the course.
Bring two copies of the homework Assignment to class: one copy to turn
in and one copy on which to take notes. Emailed assignments are not accepted.
Late
assignments -- assignments not turned in at the beginning of class -- are
appreciated, but will receive zero points.
IV. Final Exam
The final exam will be a take home exam, distributed on Monday, July
17, 2000 and due on Monday, July 24, 2000 at 7:00 PM. There will be a penalty
for papers turned in after July 24th, 7:00 PM. The examination is to be
turned in during class. E-mailed exams will not be accepted.
The exam may include an essay question, short answer questions, and
the like based on the reading assignments, handouts, and in-class discussion.
Particularly, you are not to consult with your classmates or others
on the exam in any respect. You may consult outside document sources, but
there can be no collaboration with classmates or others since grades are
individually assigned.
V. Other
Students are bound by the policies in the School of Law Student Information
Handbook
I have a flexible work schedule and am available outside of class on
most weekdays. Please call me at 1-310-207-3800, x767 at least an
hour before setting up an appointment to meet with me.
READING
ASSIGNMENTS • STUDENT
WEB PAGES • LINKS
OF INTEREST
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