9789382993223

NEW NEW NEW NEW Size : 150mm x 230mm • Pages : 302pp

• Year : 2014 • Binding : Hardback • ISBN : 9789382993223 • Price ` 795.00 only

The Electronic Silk Road How the Web Binds the World Together in Commerce Anupam Chander Anupam Chander is professor of law at the University of California, Davis, and Director of the California International Law Center. He has taught at Yale, Chicago, Stanford, and Cornell law schools.

The Electronic Silk Road How the Web Binds the World Together in Commerce Anupam Chander On the ancient Silk Road, treasure-laden caravans made their arduous way through deserts and mountain passes, establishing trade between Asia and the civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean. Today’s electronic Silk Roads ferry information across continents, enabling individuals and corporations anywhere to provide or receive services without obtaining a visa. But the legal infrastructure for such trade is yet rudimentary and uncertain. If an event in cyberspace occurs at once everywhere and nowhere, what law applies? How can consumers be protected when engaging with companies across the world? In this accessible book, cyber-law expert Anupam Chander provides the first thorough discussion of the law that relates to global Internet commerce. Addressing up-to-theminute examples, such as Google’s struggles with China, the Pirate Bay’s skirmishes with Hollywood, and the outsourcing of services to India, the author insightfully analyzes the difficulties of regulating Internet trade. Chander then lays out a framework

for future policies, showing how countries can dismantle barriers while still protecting consumer interests.

CONTENTS: Acknowledgments Introduction: Tracing a Silk Road Through Cyberspace 1. The New Global Division of Labor 2. Western Entrepot: Silicon Valley 3. Eastern Entrepot: Bangalore 4. Pirates of Cyberspace 5. Facebookistan 6. Freeing Trade in Cyberspace 7. Handshakes Across the World 8. Glocalization and Harmonization 9. Last Stop: Middle Kingdom Afterword • Glossary: A Cheat Sheet for Global E-Commerce • Notes • Index Foundation Books is an imprint of Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd.

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