1. What is the Internet and what is the difference between the Internet \& World Wide Web (WWW)? 2. What is IT/intemet law? 3. Compare Easterbrook's arguments with Lessig's. Is there a role for IT law as a separate, discreet discipline or should it be taught as part of ordinary commercial law, contract law, criminal law, etc.? (upload your answer to the discussion board prior to the class discussion) 4. Read Eastham's blog post "The evolution of IT Law Specialism". Has the development of IT law (and the IT lawyer) come full circle since Easterbrook's famous claim? Is there no longer a role for an IT law specialist? (upload your answer to the discussion board prior to the class discussion) 5. Barlow argued in "A Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace" (1996) that the Internet should be a self- goveming space. Is it? If not, why not? 6. What are Lessig's four modalities of governance? 7. What is "code" in the sense Lessig uses the word? Is technology value-neutral or does it contain values as Lessig claims? If code embodies values, who includes those values there and should we how do we regulate those who make code? 8. If Code is Law, what happens to the idea of law being made by the democratically elected representatives of the people? Who makes code? Is it Parliament or judges? What does this mean for the legitimacy of IT law? 9. Read Penfold's description of the French Yahoo! case and write a short comment answering the following questions: - Did the French courts successfully apply French law concerning the sale of neo-Nazi memorabilia material to Yahoo!? - Did the USA courts successfully apply the US law of the First Amendment (freedom of speech, including the freedom to sell neo-Nazi materials) to the dispute involving Yahoo!? -What could Yahool have done to self-regulate? (What did they do? Hint: Google may be able to help you find an answer). - Could there have been a multilateral regulatory