Law and Order in Virtual Worlds: Exploring Avatars, Their Ownership and Rights: Exploring Avatars, Their Ownership and Rights

Angela Adrian Angela started her career in business after acquiring a Masters degree from Schiller International University in London. After working for a number of years, she decided to focus on law. She received her Juris Doctorate from Loyola University, New Orleans. She then became a qualified attorney in Louisiana. After practising for a few, she specialised in Commercial Law and gained an LLM with distinction from the University of Aberdeen. Concurrently, she became a solicitor in England and Wales. Ms Adrian is finishing her PhD thesis entitled “Personality and Property Rights in Virtual Worlds” which will be published as a monograph entitled “Law and Order In Virtual Worlds: Exploring Avatars, their Ownership and Rights”. Currently, Ms. Adrian is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Bournemouth University where she teaches Intellectual Property Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law and International Trade Law. Her research interests are intellectual property, virtual reality, entertainment law, commercial law, oil and gas law, international trade and contract law. [Editor]