The Electronic Silk Road: How the Web Binds the World Together in Commerce

by Anupam Chander,
The Huffington Post, July 1, 2013

The information and services delivered on the World Wide Web generate jurisdictional conflicts, Anupam Chander, a Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis, reminds us. Should the rules for users be set by the corporate entity's country of origin? The country of reception? The United Nations, the World Trade Organization, or some other international organization? Or by an agreement between the provider and user of the services?