With this new edition comes a new editor, Elle Todd. To honour Clive Gringras' input and effort in previous editions, his name has been added to the title: Gringras: The Laws of the Internet. It continues, however, to have the same aim of providing a clear, coherent and accessible account of internet law; and it achieves this aim with considerable ease.

Gringras: The Laws of the Internet covers eight main chapters: contract, tort, intellectual property, crime, data protection, taxation, competition law and regulatory law. Each chapter adopts a thoroughly engaging and lucid approach, gradually and logically leading the reader through the relative mine-field of this area of law. Todd also makes excellent use of cases studies and topical situations showing the application of the law.

Like its previous edition, Gringras: The Laws of the Internet is superbly laid out. Each topic is explained succinctly with excellent footnotes allowing the reader to undertake further research. It also includes, where relevant, extracts from the important statutes and cases which further aide a reader's understanding. Impressively, the text rarely ventures beyond a page or so to explain a discrete issue: this is some achievement! Todd's style is also easy to read and, being written in plain English, is accessible to students, professionals and the public.

I have no hesitation in recommending Gringras: The Laws of the Internet to anyone interested in this complex but interesting area of law. It is an indispensible guide and a real gem. Elle Todd has certainly met, and surpassed, expectations with this new and extremely welcome edition of Gringras: The Laws of the Internet. It will, no doubt, continue to grow in its popularity.

Reviewed on 22 August 2008

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