Cyber Law Graded Assignment 1

  1. Using a Microsoft Word document, please post one federal statute and one state statute utilizing standard legal notation and a hyperlink to each statute.
  2. In the same document, please post one federal case and one state case using standard legal notation and a hyperlink to each case.

Examples:

You may use this guide as an aid in responding to the Assignment in Module 1

1. Using a Microsoft Word document, please post one federal and one state statute utilizing standard legal notation.

Note: a good way to find any case or statute is to run a Google search using terms like the following example (please don’t use these for your individual responses. Please find your own.):

Example Search terms:   “Federal computer statute”—you may choose subject for the statute

Your response:

Federal Statute

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

18 U.S. Code § 1030

Example Search terms:   â€œKentucky murder statute”—you may choose any state and any subject for the statute

Your response:

State Statute

Kentucky Murder Statute Citation:  KRS 507.027

2. In the same document, please post one federal and one state case using standard legal notation. 

Example Search terms “US Supreme Court case on death penalty” (Note: The Supreme Court is not the only federal court. You may choose any federal court you want to search)

Your Response:

Federal Case

Supreme Court Case on death penalty

 Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989)

Example Search terms: “Kentucky Appellate case on joint custody”

Your response:

State Case

Kentucky Supreme Court Case on Custody

Squires v. Squires 854 S.W.2d 765 (1993)