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Chapter 2: Cyberlaw Introduced

This chapter gives you the "Level 1" takeaways about what cyberlaw is, including my basic definition and some analogies on how it relates to "traditional" law, and all law. We introduce the term "information systems" and see how cyberlaw includes three important areas of traditional law, plus four areas of data law.

Chapter references, resources, and additional reading

  • This chapter introduces cyberlaw, the rest of the book is about cyberlaw, so the main resources and reading for this chapter are the rest of the book.
  • Cyberlaw, https://johnbandler.com/cyberlaw/
  • My YouTube video, What is Cyberlaw (in about 7 minutes)
  • Information systems, COMING SOON
  • There are lots of places that teach about information technology and information systems, I happened to teach at one, and that was one of the reasons I wrote the book. I realized that these graduate students needed a simple and clear book on cyberlaw (just as my undergraduate students needed). My theory was that if I wrote such a book, students would read it. There would be reduced temptation to use resort to AI tools to summarize the assigned reading. (More on this in Chapter 3).

Chapter questions

  • How does the book characterize the word “cyber”, and what is your opinion on that word and why?
  • How does the book define “cyberlaw”, and then share your opinion on that definition and why you think that.
  • According to the book, cyberlaw is built on a foundation of what?
  • According to the book, cyberlaw is a subset of what?
  • Name three important types of traditional law listed in the book that might apply in cyberspace.
  • List four types of data law from the chapter.
  • What does the word “cyber” mean to you?
  • What does the word “law” mean to you?
  • What does “cybernetics” mean and can you think of any legal issues relating to that?

Links and information

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Originally posted 10/30/2024.  Updated 11/26/2025.