How the Web Binds the World Together in Commerce

The Social Network Show welcomes Professor Anupam Chander to the September 1, 2014 episode.

Professor Anupam Chander, a law professor, Director of the California International Law Center and author of The Electronic Silk Road: How the Web Binds the World Together in Commerce talks about how the borderless internet has changed commerce around the world. The rise of the internet has connected people all over the world not just regarding communication, but trade of services. Professor Chander talks about how commerce has changed; the benefits of purchasing services outside of your country and how the differences in laws in each country affect this process.

You can connect with Professor Chander on Twitter, learn more about him at U.C Davis faculty site, and check out his book  The Electronic Silk Road: How the Web Binds the World Together in Commerce

Professor Anupam Chander Professor Anupam Chander is the Director of the California International Law Center and Martin Luther King, Jr. Hall Research Scholar. His research focuses on the regulation of globalization and digitization. His new book, The Electronic Silk Road: How the Web Binds the World Together in Commerce, was released in June 2013 by Yale University Press.

He has been a visiting professor at Yale Law School, the University of Chicago Law School, Stanford Law School, and Cornell Law School. He has published widely in the nation’s leading law journals, including the Yale Law Journal, the NYU Law Journal, the University of Chicago Law Review, Texas Law Review, and the California Law Review.

A graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School, he clerked for Chief Judge Jon O. Newman of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and Judge William A. Norris of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He practiced law in New York and Hong Kong with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton.

He serves as a judge and commentator at the Harvard-Stanford Junior International Law Faculty Forum. His writing has received honors from the American Association of Law Schools and been selected for presentation by the Stanford-Yale Junior Faculty Forum.

Education A.B., magna cum laude Economics, Harvard University 1989

J.D., Yale Law School 1992