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Information Technology, Law and Cyberspace

In recent years there has been a massive expansion in the impact of information technology upon society, with the complex and still- developing Internet environment facilitating the creation of new types of criminal endeavour; providing new opportunities for existing criminal and harmful enterprise; a fresh medium for he communication of extreme sentiment and for abuse; and the support of terrorist and other activities, as well as issues regarding privacy, security, data protection and other commercial concerns. 

The Information Technology Law and Cyberspace stream welcomes abstracts from all areas of information technology law and cyber society scholarship broadly defined for inclusion in what once again promises to be a lively and popular conference stream. As previously, the authors of papers presented can be invited to contribute an article to a special issue of the journal ‘Information and Communication Technology Law’ edited by the stream organisers. 

Please submit abstracts of up to 250 words to the stream organisers: Mark O’Brien and Chris Ashford by 31 January 2008 or as soon as possible thereafter.  The stream organisers would be delighted to discuss abstracts with potential participants prior to submission. 

Mark O'Brien
School of Law
University of the West of England
Frenchay Campus
Bristol 
BS16 1QY

Tel: +44 (0)117 328 2926
E-mail: Mark.O'Brien@uwe.ac.uk

Chris Ashford
University of Sunderland
The Reg Vardy Building,
St Peter's Way,
Sunderland
SR6 0DD.

Tel: +44 (0)191 515 2312
E-mail: chris.ashford@sunderland.ac.uk