From the first time a rumor went by that the FCC was going to institute a "modem tax" (this one shows up about every two years without fault), BBS users took an interest in the funny little laws that govern the country and how the jackasses in the funny white building were going to mess up the fun. To this end, transcripts and discussions about laws have been around for a long time.
Because of the somewhat odd subject matter of some of the files, some of the files you would expect to be located in this section are also located in the politics section. Some of these files would probably be better put in the Politics section as well.
Oh, and this would normally go without saying, but it's probably not a good idea to depend on these files for actual, your-property-and-well-being law advice. Sometimes the law has radically changed since the file was written, or the file falls under that special "The US never submitted a full approval to all 50 states so actually you can punch a cop" type of conspiratorial section. See also conspiracy.
| Filename | Size | Description of the
Textfile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1changin01.law| 12257 | Counterintelligence Challenges in a Changing World, by William S.
Sessions, Director, FBI
| 1stamend.txt | 7883 | A Showdown Over Computer Crime, by Brooks Boliek (August 5, 1990)
| 1urbanp01.law | 10189 | Urban Transportation Security, by Robert W. Dart, Chicago Police
| 250law.law | 3164 | Section 250.12 of the Model Penal Code: Violation of Privacy
| 251law.law | 4324 | Section 251.4 of the Model Penal Code: Obscenity
| 2corrupt05.law | 16903 | Corruption: A Continuing Challenge for Law Enforcement, by Otis E.
Cooksey, Military Advisor
| 2developp04.law | 17004 | Developing Police Leadership, by Paul Mansen, Sergeant, Rochester
Police
| 3fbipri10.law | 15488 | Foreign Counterintelligence: An FBI Priority, by James E. Tomlinson,
FBI
| 3polpracp09.law | 4273 | Police Practices: Telemarketing Crime Prevention, by David I.
Rechenmacher, Illinois Police Department
| 4polprac14.law | 9088 | Police Practices: Ministers Team With Police to Keep the Peace
| 4pusherp10.law | 17880 | The Respectable Pusher, by Jeffrey D. Lane, Office of the Secretary of
State, Atlanta
| 5badchecp15.law | 15290 | Taking the Bounce Out of Bad Checks, by Vinse J. Gilliam, DA's Office,
Ventura Country CA
| 5espion17.law | 10534 | Espionage Awareness Programs, by Freddie L. Capps, Jr. Special Agent,
FBI
| 6poview20.law | 7395 | Point of View: Managing for Excellent, by David A. King, Chief of
Police, Perkasie Police
| 6resforup20.law | 6022 | Research Forum: McGruff Robot Teaches Kids
| 7crowdcop22.law | 11710 | Effective Crowd Control, by Steven J. Schmidt, Kentucky Police
| 7drugtes22.law | 12058 | The Kentucky State Police Drug Testing Policy, by W. Michael Troop,
State Police of Kentucky
| 8civilfop26.law | 24042 | Civil Forfeiture: Real Property Used in Drug Trafficking
| 8interro28.law | 21091 | Custodial Interrogation: Impact of Minnick V. Mississippi by Kimberly
A. Crawford
| 9brief.txt | 2274 | A Legal Brief by Special Agent Jeffrey Higginbotham (Probable Cause
Determination)
| 9briefp32.law | 2278 | Legal Brief by S.A. Jeffrey Migginbotham, Legal Instructor, FBI
| abouteff.law | 9090 | General Information about the Electronic Frontier Foundation
| academy10.law | 12379 | Citizen Police Academies by Martin Alan Greenberg, Dept. of Criminal
Justice, Ulster Community College
| afis.law | 6899 | Police Practices: AFIS Technology for Rural States
| aicnews.1 | 33391 | Arizona Identification Council NEwsletter, July, 1990
| al_lawsta.law | 7521 | The Alabama Computer Crime Act, 1985
| alcor-1 | 2506 | ALCOR Files Suit Over Electronic Mail Seizure, by David Bloom, Feb 24,
1990
| alcor-2 | 10036 | Transcript of Suit by ALCOR
| alcor-3 | 21192 | Additional Filings in ALCOR BBS Case
| alcor-4 | 13439 | Response of ALCOR Lawyer to Motion Filed
| alcor-5 | 7727 | File Round of Motion Filed in Alcor Court Case
| alcor-6 | 4381 | The Resolution of the Alcor E-mail privacy Case
| alcor-7 | 14366 | Response of William F. Murphy to ALCOR Suit
| alcor-8 | 37303 | Bill Submitted in ALCOR BBS Case
| alcor-9 | 10212 | Appeal of dismissal in ALCOR BBS Case
| anti-hac.txt | 8315 | A Bill Against Hacking, from Emma Nicholson
| ar_lawsta.law | 5628 | Arkansas Regulations on Computer Crime, 1987
| articles.law | 146119 | Bibliography of Computer Security Articles 1983 through 1988
| asmp-gui | 17486 | American Society of Magazine Photographers 1991 Copyright Guide
| az_lawsta.law | 3086 | Arizona Computer Crimes Law, 1978
| babbs001.txt | 8498 | Anti Federal Agent BBS Protection, by Babbs Boy
| banking.off | 16949 | Privacy and Offshore Banking... What the IRS Doesn't Want You to Know!
By David Johnson (July 5, 1994)
| bbs_and_ | 58600 | The Electronic Pamphlet: Computer Bulletin Boards and the Law by
Michael H. Riddle (1990)
| bbs_law.law | 58671 | Computer Bulletin Boards and the Law, by Michael M. Riddle (Law Study)
| bbsdefa.law | 106099 | Defamation Liability of Computerized Bulletin Board Operators and
Problems of Proof, by John R. Kahn
| bbslaw.man | 40181 | Version 1.1 - BBS LEGAL GUIDE by Clary and Kraft, 1993
| bbslaws.txt | 54725 | THe Legal Aspects of Telecommunications and Electronic Bulletin Board
SYstems, by James J. Spinelli
| bendix.txt | 20856 | Crosley Bendix (Negativland) Discusses The Copyright Act (November 9,
1992)
| blue.law | 27975 | Death of the Blue Box, by Full Disclosure, 1991
| brave.yes | 4352 | Smart Brave Lady indicates that we are not Drivers, and therefore do
not need a license.
| caddraft.law | 7144 | Police Practices: Computer Aided Drafting for Law Enforcement
| candp.law | 64505 | Crime and Puzzlement by John Perry Barlow
| candp2.law | 8090 | Update on Crime and Puzzlement by John Perry Barlow, 1990
| cardozo.txt | 21349 | Some "Property" Problems in a Computer Crime Prosecution by Mike
Godwin of the EFF
| cellmate.law | 29382 | Cellmate Informants: A Constitutional Guide to Their Use, by Kimberly
Kingston Crawford, FBI Academy
| cellmate.txt | 29316 | Cellmate Informants: A Constitutional Guide to Their Use, by Kimberly
Kingston Crawford
| chomloot.txt | 43325 | Noam Chomsky writes a letter to Lies Of Our Times, May 1991
| ciabwash.law | 48132 | CIA Memorandums on Brainwashing
| citizen1.txt | 94984 | Studies in Constitutional Law: A Treatist on American Citizenship by
John S. Wise
| citizen2.txt | 31969 | Chapter 2: How American Citizenship May be Acquired in the Nation
| citizen3.txt | 43595 | Chapter 3: Of the Obligation and Duties of the Citizen to the Nation
and the States
| citizen4.txt | 202375 | Chapter 4: Of the Rights, Privileges, and Immunities of the Citizen
| citizen5.txt | 122539 | Chapter 5: Privileges and Immunities Under the War Amendments
| citizens.gui | 94355 | A Citizen's Guide on using the Freedom of Information Act and the
Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government Records (July 10, 1991)
| civil.dis | 63050 | Civil Disobedience, by Henry David Thoreau
| civlib.law | 24676 | Civil Liberties in Cyberspace: When does Hacking Turn from an Exercise
of Civil Liberties into Crime? By Mitch Kapor, Scientific American, 1991
| civlrght.txt | 15090 | Civil Rights Cases and Police Misconduct, by John Epke
| civlrght14.law | 15156 | Civil Rights and Police Misconduct, by John Epke and Linda Davis
| closenet.law | 31990 | Closing the Net, by Greg Costikyan (On Operation Sun-Devil)
| co_lawsta.law | 3697 | Colorado Crimes Law,
| cog_inte.law | 18187 | Cognitive Interviewing, by Margo Bennett, FBI
| compacs.txt | 62976 | The Limits of the Law in Restricting Computer Misuse, by Peter Sommer
(March 19, 1991)
| compcrim.txt | 13559 | Computer Crimes: An Escalating Crime Trend by William S. Sessions
| compriv.law | 46706 | Computer Privacy vs. First and Fourth Amendment Rights, by Michael S.
Borella
| compsent | 13603 | Revised Computer Crime Sentencing Guidelines, from Jack King (1992)
| compuser | 9768 | What is a Compilation Copyright? The Gospel According to Compuserve
(December 3, 1987)
| compuser.law | 9839 | Compuserve's Position: What is a Compilation Copyright?
| computer.cri | 101985 | Computer Crime: Current Practices, Problems and Proposed Solutions,
Second Draft, Brian J. Peretti
| confess.law | 15893 | Why Suspects Confess, by David D. Tousignant, Inspector, Lowell
Massachusetts
| confess.txt | 15834 | Why Suspects Confess, by David D. Tousignant
| consoli.law | 17512 | Public Services Consolidation: The Answer to your Community's Needs,
by Robert L. Sobba, Chief of Police, Idaho Police
| const_in.cyb | 47714 | Laurence H. Tribe, "The Constitution in Cyberspace"
| copr.txt | 35200 | |