The only casebook dealing with e-commerce, Electronic Commerce, Fourth Edition, utilizes problems to expound a transactional approach to electronic commerce. Written by Ronald J. Mann, a preeminent and prolific Commercial Law scholar, this system-oriented text is structured around the hypothetical representation of a technology company. The new edition has been meticulously updated with the latest cases and problems that reflect those cases and current issues.
This concise casebook offers:
Distinguished authorship Ronald Mann is a leading scholar in Commercial Law and recently served as Reporter for revisions to UCC Articles 3, 4, and 4A.
Lucid and concise reading assignments that use non-technical language whenever possible. Need-to-know technology is explained clearly and accessibly.
Exercises that clearly illustrate current issues in e-commerce practice.
Dozens of separate assignments so that professors can easily concentrate on their own areas of interest.
Coverage of important commercial law topics, including:
Click-through contracts
Cybersquatting
Web site development
Software licensing
Electronic payments
New to the Fourth Edition:
Updated problems based on recent case law and current issues.
New cases, including:
Rescuecom Corp. v. Google and Second Circuit decision permitting lawsuit against Google for selling ads based on trademarked name
Jacobsen v. Katzer and First appellate decision validating licenses for open-source software
Jaynes v. Commonwealth of Virginia and Virginia Supreme Court case invalidating Virginia anti-spam law under First Amendment
Fair Housing Council v. Roommates.com and Ninth Circuit en banc decision on liability of Web site for discriminatory postings seeking roommates
Chicago Lawyers and Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. v. CraigsList, Inc. and Easterbrook decision exonerating CraigsList for behavior similar to Roommates behavior condemned by Ninth Circuit
Conwell v. Gray Loon Outdoor Marketing Group, Inc. and Indiana Supreme Court case interpreting contract for design of Web site
