Chapter "0" - explanation of chapter resources for the Cyberlaw bookResources and Links for the book Cyberlaw: Law for Digital Spaces and Information Systems, by John Bandler

By John Bandler

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Chapter 0: An explanation of chapter resource webpages

These chapter resource pages have three main areas:

  • Links to navigate to other resource pages (see above)
  • Chapter references
  • Chapter questions
  • Occasionally, study review points.

The concept is that a reader can find a compilation of resources on a single webpage, for each chapter. They can bookmark the main resources page, and I can put a QR code at the end of each chapter.

Chapter references, resources, and additional reading

This section contains references that are cited to in the chapter, plus references at the end of the chapter, plus additional references that would have made the book too unwieldy and long.

References have important purposes:

  • For the book, certain things need to be cited as a rule of writing
  • For the reader of the book, it points to important references for additional reading and research
  • For readers in learners, it allows exploring a topic in greater depth.

The book is designed as a starting point for the reader and researcher, and is designed to be read, and cited.

The book is not the end point, and that is why it provides references, often to primary legal sources, such as statutes and cases, and also to reliable other sources.

Readers are at different levels, and with different goals. Throughout, I encourage readers to spend a “reasonable amount of time” reading other sources, especially primary sources.

For certain levels of instruction or reading, navigating through the book itself is enough reading.

For higher levels, readers will want to dive into the statutes and cases themselves.

What is "reasonable" depends upon you, the instructor, and the course.

For example, suppose the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) is important for the course, or the reader is in law school. Then the reader should spend that “reasonable" amount of time reading the actual statute. Zero minutes would not be "reasonable", because this type of learner needs to experience the statute, however painful that might be. Five minutes might be sufficient for a flavor, but perhaps an hour allows it to be better digested.

Review study points

For some chapters, I have a list of review study points - short bullets stating a fact or "thing to know".

Chapter questions

For most chapters, I have a list of questions. Sometimes the questions are include a harder variation of a previous question.

As I work to finish the book, these things seem true:

  • Chapter questions take time to create, and I am trying to get this book done.
  • Chapter questions eat up word count and page count, and the book is already large.
  • Moving the chapter questions to the website might reduce the book page count, and allow me to work on the questions next semester.

Why a resource page, and why one for each chapter?

Some chapters had so much material, I could not include it all in the book. By putting it on my website, it is available for you as a research aid, and for me when I teach or update the book. The only way to properly display them is on a single webpage for each chapter, because some chapters have a voluminous amount of references.

In prior books, I did research that could not be included in the book so I "saved" it for a future work and there it sat, unused by anyone.

There is always at least one reader who says, "I wanted to see more on X." This is a way to provide that.

I want to make it easy for students and learners to find the law and accurate reliable resources, and this helps do that (even if you never buy the book).

No promises, no warranties

This website is a free supplemental resource, I cannot guarantee it will stay operational or be updated, I cannot guarantee accuracy.

If you find this gift of free information valuable, please consider returning the favor by buying the book or leaving a positive review.

Links and information

This page is hosted at https://johnbandler.com/cyberlawbook-resources-ch00, copyright John Bandler, all rights reserved.

Originally posted 10/27/2024.  Updated 11/20/2024.