Technology law (“techlaw”) is the study of how law and technology foster, restrict, and otherwise shape each other’s evolution. Technologies raise questions for every area of the law, and the strategies and rhetorical arguments deployed to regulate technologies and their impacts are helpful tools to carry across legal contexts. Accordingly, this coursebook identifies common techlaw questions and presents a methodology for thoughtfully resolving them.

This coursebook is intended to be accessible and useful to all students, regardless of career interests or prior experience with technology. Each chapter includes “Comprehension Checks,” to be addressed by the reader in context, and “Discussion Questions” and “Putting It All Together” closers, which we have found to be helpful springboards for class discussion.

We hope you find these materials useful and fun!

BJ Ard & Rebecca Crootof