BKLAWINT.RVW   960530
 
"Law on the Internet", Michael Gross, 1996, 0-7821-1792-9, U$12.99
%A   Michael Gross 74654.3441@compuserve.com
%C   2021 Challenger Drive, Alameda, CA   94501
%D   1996
%G   0-7821-1792-9
%I   Sybex Computer Books
%O   U$12.99 510-523-8233 800-227-2346 Fax: 510-523-2373 info@sybex.com
%P   176
%T   "Law on the Internet"
 
Unlike Rose's "NetLaw" (cf. BKNETLAW.RVW), which covers the law in regard to
the use of the net, Gross provides a resource of legal information which is
available online.  (He also--what else do you expect from a lawyer?--provides a
disclaimer that this is not legal advice.  Said disclaimer is in two languages:
English and legal.)  I suspect that legal sites on the Web are not those to go
to for fun and great graphics (vis the fact that figures 1.2 and 2.37 are the
same), but these are well chosen and clearly described.
 
As with a great many books on the "international" Internet, and those that deal
with the law in particular, the highest proportion of material here relates
only to the United States.  Unlike a number of authors, though, Gross realizes
this, and provides two chapters on laws of other countries and international
law.
 
The writing throughout is clear, informative and lively.  The author obviously
enjoys lawyer jokes: he lists three sites for them.  He also gives us a number
of genuine lawyer jokes (made by a real lawyer) sprinkled throughout the text. 
(For extra points, find the two puns in the legal glossary.)
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996   BKLAWINT.RVW   960530

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