The 20th Century has seen the emergence of the virtual space. The World Wide Web has made possible a new virtual environment. Throughout the centuries, different civilizations and different countries have had their own thoughts on virtual environments. However with the coming of the Internet, virtual world has became a reality. The coming of the World Wide Web has further ensured that virtual world has became an increasingly important element of our online existence.
The coming of the Internet, the World Wide Web and the virtual world has ensured that there are various legal challenges that face the virtual world. These challenges have questioned the traditional legal concepts of jurisprudence. This questioning has been valid since traditional legal concepts of jurisprudence were developed, evolved and honed, keeping in mind the requirements of the actual world. However, the emergence and strong growth of the virtual world has ensured that a new field of law dedicated to virtuality has come into existence. The discipline of virtual law has evolved.
Virtual law
Virtual law relates to all legal aspects and issues concerning virtual worlds, virtuality and virtual environments. Virtual law as a discipline has received a boost, given the emergence of concepts like ‘cloud computing’ and “virtual worlds”. The emergence of virtual worlds likes second life and other similar online games have caught the imaginations of netizens community. Today virtual world is constantly being expanded and developed.
Virtual law addresses all legal issues and scenarios concerning virtuality and the virtual worlds as well as virtual computing.
The emergence of virtual law ,as a distinct discipline of study within the broader umbrella of Cyber Law has been significant.
Virtual Law Association aims to work in the direction of promoting the growth of virtual legal jurisprudence across nations. Virtual law Association, dedicated to legal issues around virtuality, is a virtual association and its aims to do its activities in the virtual environment.