Cyberlaw: Law for Digital Spaces and Information Systems

Cyberlaw by John Bandler front cover

By John Bandler

This book is excellent for personal or professional knowledge and as a coursebook.

Cyberlaw is everywhere: the intersection of law and technology.

Law in the United States has been evolving over hundreds of years and is now intertwined with technology, computers, the internet, and information systems. Cyberlaw affects everything people and organizations do, in their traditional and digital spaces.

People want to learn about it and colleges and universities want to build courses about it.

I wrote this book to make it easier to learn and teach the complex topics of law and cyberlaw in a simple and logical manner.

I am qualified to write this and share this information based on my years of experience, learning, and teaching. I was a prosecutor investigating and litigating cybercrime cases, then I went into private practice, working more on cybercrime investigation, plus lots of cybersecurity and privacy. I was asked to teach and build and improve various courses on cybersecurity, cybercrime, cyberlaw, and privacy. I practiced and taught and built and improved my material and thinking and teaching. Then it was time to put it all together in this book.

This book:

  • Covers cyberlaw and explains it
  • Provides a foundation of traditional law (which we need to understand cyberlaw)
  • For most any reader
  • Written simply and in plain language
  • Excellent as a coursebook
  • Priced reasonably, especially compared to other coursebooks
  • Gives a foundational and simple layer up front, plus more complex layers, plus references for additional reading and research.
    • Choose your speed for each section and chapter.

Book resources and links

If you already have the book and want the online book resources and links, click here or the imageResources and Links for the book Cyberlaw: Law for Digital Spaces and Information Systems, by John Bandler

This also provides a complete table of contents, listing every chapter.

I created a page to parallel each chapter, so that students and readers could quickly find the resources cited within the book, plus many additional resources that were too extensive to include in the book.

Students can now easily find and click to important primary sources, such as statutes and case decisions. They can also find important secondary sources.

I am able to keep the online resources updated in between book editions.

Who is the cyberlaw book for?Who is the cyberlaw book for?

This book is for anyone who wants to learn about cyberlaw, and includes an introduction to law.

No existing legal knowledge is required, nor is technology knowledge required. This book provides a solid foundation in law and technology for anyone who needs it.

Choose your adventure and speed through the book. The book is modular, recognizing that every reader is different, starting from a different place. Choose your own adventure and see my "Who is it for" page for details.

Buy the book

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Purchase it in your local bookstore

  • Just kidding!
    • You might not even have a local bookstore left!
    • If you do, it probably won't stock this book. After all, how many people walk into a bookstore looking for a cyberlaw book?
    • You found this webpage so you can navigate to Amazon and purchase it there.

Uses for the book

  • Learning about cyberlaw and law
  • Coursebook at a variety of levels cyberlaw
  • Insomnia mitigation (read the book until sleep takes over)
  • Looks great on a shelf (shows you mean business about law and cyberlaw)

Choose your version

Choose the version suitable for you:

  • Paperback, $24.95
    • Great value, you get a book you can hold and leaf through and make notes in
    • Beautiful blue cover
    • Display it in your bookcase
    • Includes some blank notes pages at the end for you
    • Ships quickly
    • Remains your own book on your own shelf (even if you lose your electronic devices, your Amazon online account, or if the apocalypse comes)
  • Hardcover ("hardback"): $34.95
    • Great value for a durable book with a solid, sturdy beautiful blue cover
    • Check delivery times as this may take an extra day or two to ship
    • As with the paperback:
      • Includes some blank notes pages at the end for you
      • Display it on your bookcase
      • Remains your book on your shelf (even if you lose your electronic devices, or Amazon online account)
  • eBook: $9.95
    • Great if you like eBooks
    • The diagrams display in color for this eBook version (assuming your e-reader can handle that)
    • Get access instantly
    • Takes up zero physical space and just a little cyberspace
    • Via Amazon Kindle
    • Read free via Kindle Unlimited (for a limited time perhaps).
  • Audiobook $9.95 at Amazon (virtual voice) and Audible (an Amazon company)
    • Great if you like Audiobooks
    • The virtual voice is not perfect (but neither would my voice be)
    • I'm guessing no diagrams
    • Get access instantly
    • Takes up zero physical space
    • This could put you to sleep: great for insomnia, bad for driving.

Part listing of the book 

This book is modular with 10 parts and over 40 chapters to ensure logical organization that readers and courses can select from.

For a full chapter listing see the book resources main pageResources and Links for the book Cyberlaw: Law for Digital Spaces and Information Systems, by John Bandler.

Part 1: Cyberlaw Learning Mindset

Part 2: Introduction to Law

Part 3:  Entering “Cyberspace”

Part 4: Criminal Cyberlaw

Part 5:  Civil Cyberlaw I: "Traditional" Law in Cyberspace

Part 6: Civil Cyberlaw II: Data law

Part 7: International Cyber Actions

Part 8: Speech and Expression in Depth

Part 9: Organizations and Cyberlaw

Part 10: Conclusion, Resources, Appendix

Details and ISBN

  • Title: Cyberlaw: Law for Digital Spaces and Information Systems
  • Author: John T. Bandler
  • Publisher: Bandler Group LLC
  • 1st Edition, 2025
  • 511 pages, over 60 diagrams, extensive footnotes and references
  • Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) 2024927347 (tentative)
  • First edition ISBNs (2025, current edition)
    • Paperback, $24.95, ISBN 978-1-963435-03-0
    • Hardcover ("hardback"): $34.95, ISBN 978-1-963435-04-7
    • eBook: $9.95, ISBN 978-1-963435-05-4
    • Audiobook: $9.95, virtual voice (no ISBN)

Links

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Originally posted 5/23/2024.  Updated 12/02/2025