session 3. international telecommunications law.

Session 3 looks at the telecommunications rules at the international level. This entails an analysis of the law and policies of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which happens to be the oldest intergovernmental organization. The session includes also an enquiry into the rules related to satellite communications. We will also explore how the communications rules have changed over time and how new regulatory models, which move away from the traditional inter-national co-operation, have emerged. The session will conclude with an analysis of current net neutrality initiatives.

Reading materials 
Walden, International Telecommunications
MacKinnon, United Nations and the Internet: It's Complicated, Foreign Policy, August 2012

Optional:
Palfrey and Gasser, Interop, chapter 1
Benkler, The Wealth of Networks, chapter 11
Burri, Defining Regulatory Objectives for Contemporary Electronic Communications: Between a Rock and a Hard Place 12 IJCLP (2008): 274-312
FCC, Open Internet Press Release, 2015

Here are the slides for session 3.

session 3. int'l telecommunications law

Session 3 looks at the telecommunications rules at the international level. This entails an analysis of the law and policies of the international telecommunication union, which happens to be the oldest intergovernmental organisation, as well as an enquiry into the rules related to satellite communications. We will also explore how the communications rules have changed over time and how new regulatory models, which move away from the traditional inter-national cooperation, have emerged.

Reading materials
Walden, International Telecommunications
Burri, Communications as a Distinct and Unique Object of Regulation

Optional: Benkler, The Wealth of Networks, chapter 11

The slides for session 3 are here.