278.78 sec. 001 - Computer Crime Law (Spring 2020)
Instructor: Orin Kerr (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only | profile)
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Units: 3
Due to COVID-19, law school classes were graded as credit/no pass in spring 2020.
Meetings:
- W 2:10 PM - 3:25 PM
Location: Law 170
From January 15, 2020
To April 24, 2020
Th 2:10 PM - 3:25 PM
Location: Law 132
From January 15, 2020
To April 24, 2020
Course End: April 24, 2020
Class Number: 32193
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 33
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 60
As of: 06/16 11:02 PM

The recent shift to digital crimes and digital evidence creates major challenges for the law governing the prohibition, investigation, and prosecution of criminal activity. We will study those challenges and understand how courts and legislators are responding to them. Topics include the law of computer hacking, Internet threats and harassment, criminal data theft, Internet gambling, encryption, online undercover operations and entrapment, the Fourth Amendment online, the law of executing search warrants for digital evidence, crimes involving digital evidence of child pornography, applying the Wiretap Act to the Internet, the Stored Communications Act, the Cloud Act, the role of federalism in the investigation of digital crimes, and international cooperation in the enforcement of computer crime laws around the world.
The course is aimed at generalists. It does not assume that students have taken a prior course in criminal procedure or that they have a technical background.
Exam Notes: (TH) Take-home examination
Course Category: Intellectual Property and Technology Law
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
Criminal Law
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- 2020 Statute and Case Supplement to Computer Crime Law, 4th Ed,
Orin Kerr
Publisher: West Publishing Co.
ISBN: 9781684679263
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Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: $22.50
Price Source: user provided - Computer Crime Law
Orin Kerr
Edition: 4th
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
ISBN: 9781634598996
e-Book Available: unknown
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: 235.00
Price Source: user provided