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PAGE  Legal Regulation of the Internet LWN117 Study Guide Semester 1, 2005 LWN117 Legal Regulation of the Internet Study Guide PAGE 31 ? QUT Faculty of Law 2005 LWN117 Legal Regulation of the Internet Study Guide ? QUT Faculty of Law 2005 Introductory Guide  Part A Unit Material Credit Points: 12 Prerequisite(s): Nil Corequisite(s): Nil Coordinators: John Swinson and Peter Black 1. Rationale This unit examines legal issues relating to the Internet. The unit will consider the application of existing legal principles to “cyberspace” as well as newly developed Internet Law or Cyberlaw principles. Knowledge of Internet Law is of increasing importance in many areas of legal practice, industry and to society more generally. This is a new area of activity and it is important to educate lawyers and other professionals on the unique issues that have arisen and will emerge in this area, in particular the difficulty in regulating the distributed international network of computers known as the “Internet”. 2. Aims This unit aims to analyse and critique the existing and developing body of law regulating the Internet in light of the increasing relevance of the Internet to commerce, banking, litigation and intellectual property, to name but few affected areas. You will be asked to evaluate the efficacy of existing legal principles in cyberspace and propose suggestions for solutions in areas where currently the law is unsettled. 3. Objectives of this Unit On completion of this unit, you will: Have gained an in-depth appreciation of the growing body of laws relating to the Internet, developing within Australia and internationally; Better understand the development of relationships between new “cyberlaws” and various other areas of law as well as the interaction of various “cyberlaws” across national boundaries; Have extended your knowledge of specific areas of law, such as intellectual property, defamation and privacy; Have examined the policy and social issues ge