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The Internet at 20: Evolution of a Constitution for Cyberspace (forthcoming)
William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal (2012)
  • Henry H Perritt, Jr.
Abstract

This Article looks back over the Internet’s first twenty years, highlighting the crucial legal decisions by the executive, legislative, and judicial branches that have led to the Internet’s success, and which now frame its constitution. I participated in many of these decisions and wrote more than a dozen law review articles and reports suggesting directions for public policy and law. This Article uses this foundation to consider the future, focusing on major legal controversies, the resolution of which will define the Internet’s third decade—either strengthening or undermining its constitution.

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2012
Citation Information
The Internet at 20: Evolution of a Constitution for Cyberspace, ___ William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal ___ (forthcoming).