Acknowledgments

• Author: Robert G. Howell
• Profession: Professor. Faculty of Law University of Victoria British Columbia
• Pages: 13-14

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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