ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the existence and nature of borders in cyberspace in several steps. Cyberspace has been conceived from varying conceptual approaches. Among geographers, the notion of a space of flows, coined by sociologist Manuel Castells, has wide currency. The notion of a space of flows, with its Deleuzeo-Guattarian overtones of rhizomes, has been particularly popular among scholars of the internet. A widespread myth persists that cyberspace is placeless – that is, devoid of constraints in the non-virtual world – giving rise to notions such as the death of distance, a flat world, the end of geography. A growing body of literature has come to terms with how information technologies alter the power relations and spaces associated with borders. If borders are a means of delimiting the rule of law, then this notion applies to internet law, also known as cyber law, one of the newest areas of legal studies and litigation in which the internet plays a central role.
