Acknowledgments

AuthorRobert G. Howell
ProfessionProfessor. Faculty of Law University of Victoria British Columbia
Pages13-14
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From the initial conception of a need for a work that would encapsu-
late, explain, and analyze the dynamic technology-driven changes that
were, and still are, reforging the dimensions of the law and policy ap-
plicable to telecommunications to the f‌inal product you are now read-
ing, the completion of this book has been stretched out over a long
period of time. As a consequence, most of the f‌inal content is entirely
new or is ref‌lective of earlier research efforts only in broad categoriza-
tion.
Circumstances over the last three years have, however, allowed an
intensity of resources and effort that has enabled this work to be com-
pleted. It is to this period that my primary acknowledgements relate.
Financially, two research grants totalling $10,000 (2008 and 2009)
from the Foundation for Legal Research were instrumental in enabling
completion by allowing the engagement of research assistance over a
sustained period of time. I am very appreciative of these awards from
the Foundation. I also thank the University of Victoria, Faculty of Law,
for making research assistance available to the extent that funding
permitted over shorter periods of time each year. Additionally, during
the years of operation of our International Intellectual Property Law
program (2002–07) the research assistance in implementation of that
program ran parallel with many aspects of my research for this book so
that research could be utilized for cross-purposes. My assistants also
had some time, at least prior to the commencement of courses, to focus

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