Library Guides: Communications Law: Printed materials

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HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Large database of legal materials. HeinOnline is known for its extensive collection of law journals, but it also contains many primary law and legislative history sources such as state and federal session laws, the United States Code, Supreme Court opinions and the U.S. Serial Set, and world constitutions. HeinOnline also contains many specialized collections, including collections focused on capital punishment, immigration law, the history of international law, and gun legislation and regulation in America.

Gale OneFile: LegalTrac This link opens in a new window
An index of articles in hundreds of law reviews, legal newspapers, and bar association journals in the U.S. and abroad since 1980. Search by subject or keyword.
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (HeinOnline) This link opens in a new window
A subject index to selected international and comparative law journals and essays. Covers 1984 to present.
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Library Catalog Search

Books on Telecommunications and Internet Law

First Amendment Law in a Nutshell by Jerome A. Barron; C. Thomas Dienes
Call Number: Reserve Reading Room KF 4770 .Z9 .B37 2008
Publication Date: 2008
Current edition must be used on-site. Older editions may be available in the main collection.
May be temporarily assigned to Course Reserve, ask at the Circulation Desk about availability.
Freedom of Expression and the Internet by Wolfgang Benedek
Call Number: K 3253 .B46 2013
Publication Date: 2013
European perspectives on govenment policy and political aspects of Internet law and freedom of expression
Mass Communication Law in a Nutshell by T. Barton Carter; Harvey L. Zuckman; Juliet Lushbough Dee
Call Number: KF 2750 .Z9 .M37 2007
Publication Date: 2007
Introductory text in communications law, covering law, journalism and communications.
Law of the Internet by George B. Delta; Jeffrey H. Matsuura
Call Number: KF 390.5 .C6 .D45 2009- V.1-2
Publication Date: 2009
The Global War for Internet Governance by Laura DeNardis
Call Number: K 4345 .D46 2014
Publication Date: 2014
Cyberlaw: Intellectual property in the digital millennium by Jay Dratler
Call Number: KF 2979 .D69 2000-
Publication Date: 2000-
Licensing of intellectual property by Dratler, Jay
Call Number: KF 3145 .D73 1994- V.1-2
Publication Date: 1994
Also available via LexisNexis.
Regulating Social Media: Legal and ethical considerations by Susan J. Drucker (Editor); Gary Gumpert (Editor)
Call Number: KF 390.5 .C6 .R44 2013
Publication Date: 2013
Law and the Internet by Lilian Edwards (Editor); Charlotte Waelde (Editor)
Call Number: KD 667 .C65 .L39 2009
Publication Date: 2009
Compilation of articles on electronic commerce, Internet law and computer network law in Great Britain.
The First Amendment by Daniel A. Farber
Call Number: KF 4770 .F556 2010
Publication Date: 2010
Examines the contours of U.S. speech law, covering foundational issues, the categorical approach, speech in special settings, and religion.
Telecommunications Regulation: Cable, broadcasting, satellite and the internet by Charles D. Ferris
Call Number: KF 2824 .F47 1999- V.1-3
Publication Date: 1999-
This treatise provides detailed coverage of the substantive, procedural, and strategic aspects of the law governing the cable television industry, and video technologies, with a special emphasis on the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Federal Telecommunications Law by Michael K. Kellogg; John Thorne; Peter W. Huber
Call Number: KF 2765 .K45 1999 & Supp. 2005
Publication Date: 1999
Provides a comprehensive overview of the legal and regulatory framework of the telecommunications industry. The Law Library subscription ended in 2005.
Cyberlaw for Global E-Business by Takashi Kubota (Editor)
Call Number: K 1005 .C93 2012
Publication Date: 2012
Provides comprehensive research from a global perspective on the legal and financial implications of e-business.
International Internet Law by Joanna Kulesza
Call Number: K 7625 .K85 2012
Publication Date: 2012
Translated from Polish, this work examines government regulation of the Internet in foreign and international law.
Newsgathering and the Law by Lee Levine; C. Thomas Dienes; Robert C. Lind, Seth D. Berlin
Call Number: KF 2750 .D54 2011 V.1-2
Publication Date: 2011
Legal treatise covering how and under what conditions journalists may access information in a wide variety of circumstances.
Also available via LexisNexis.
European Internet Law: Towards academic consistency and geographic global character by Pablo García Mexía
Call Number: KJC 164 .C65 .G37 2009
Publication Date: 2009
Published in Spain, this treatise looks at European regulation of the physical support for the Internet, as well as regulation of content (rights and freedoms, cybercrime and security, intellectual property online, and e-commerce).
Telecom Dictionary by Harry Newton
Call Number: TK 5102 .N492 2009
Publication Date: 2009
Compilation of over 12,000 definitions covering every aspect of the field, including telecommunications, voice processing, computer telephony, and networking.
Digital Media Law by Ashley Packard
Call Number: KF 2750 .P33 2013
Publication Date: 2013
Covers media law in terms of becoming more online and global.
Also available as a Proquest eBook.
Digital Communications Law by Henry H. Perritt, Jr.
Call Number: KF 2765 .P473 2010-
Publication Date: 2010
Successor edition to Law and the Information Superhighway, 2nd ed.
In Search of Jefferson's Moose: Notes on the state of cyberspace by David G. Post; Martha Minow
Call Number: K 564 .C6 .P67 2009
Publication Date: 2009
A "natural history" of the Internet, what it is, how it works, what shape it has, what kinds of things can be found there, how and why it has grown so prodigiously in size.
Also available as a Proquest eBook.
Routledge Handbook of Media Law by Monroe E. Price (Editor); Stefaan Verhulst (Editor); Libby Morgan (Editor)
Call Number: K 4240 .R68 2013
Publication Date: 2013
Wide-ranging comparative and international perspectives on media law.
Cyber Crime: Law and practice by Matthew Richardson
Call Number: KD 667 .C65 .R52 2014
Publication Date: 2014
Practitioner's handbook on British laws on computer and Internet-based crimes.
Global Internet Law in a Nutshell by Michael L. Rustad
Call Number: KF 390.5 .C6 .R87 2014
Publication Date: 2014
Hornbook treatise on Internet law.
Internet Architecture and Innovation by Barbara van Schewick
Call Number: TK 5105.875 .I57 .V3 2010
Publication Date: 2010
Excellent explanation and analysis of the Internet's structure from economic, technical, architectural, legal and social frameworks.
Also available as a Proquest eBook.
Scott on Multimedia Law by Michael D. Scott
Call Number: Reserve Reading Room KF 2765 .S36 2008- V.1-2
Publication Date: 2008
Covers intellectual property and other aspects of multimedia law in the United States.
Volumes must be used on-site.
Smolla and Nimmer on Freedom of Speech by Melville B. Nimmer
Call Number: Reserve Reading Room KF 4772 .S66 1994- V.1-3
Publication Date: 1994
Volumes must be used on-site.
Telecom Antitrust Handbook by American Bar Association: Section of Antitrust Law.
Call Number: KF 2765 .T45 2005
Publication Date: 2005
The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication by Robert Trager (Editor); Joseph Russomanno (Editor); Susan Dente Ross (Editor); Amy L. Reynolds (Editor)
Call Number: KF 2750 .T73 2014
Publication Date: 2014
Cyberspace Law: Censorship and regulation of the Internet by Hannibal Travis (Editor)
Call Number: KF 390.5 .C6 .C94 2013
Publication Date: 2013
Law of Electronic Commerce by Benjamin Wright; Jane Kaufman Winn
Call Number: KF 1357.5 .W753 2001-
ISBN: 0735516480
Publication Date: 2001
This volume addresses security and other issues driven by commerce in an increasingly electronic environment.
The Master Switch: The rise and fall of information empires by Tim Wu
Call Number: HE 7631 .W9 2010
Publication Date: 2010
A historical study of the Internet and related technologies.
Modern Communication Law by Harvey L. Zuckman; Robert L. Corn-Revere; Charles H. Kennedy; Robert M. Frieden
Call Number: KF 2765 .M63 1999- V.1-3
Publication Date: 1999-
This work provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of communications law in the light of advances in communication technology.