Human Rights in the Digital Age
Stephen Mason reviews Human Rights in the Digital Age, edited by Mathias Klang and Andrew Murray (Glasshouse Press, 2005) ISBN 1-90438-531-1…
Publishing & social media
E-Commerce
The Society for Computers and Law Internet Interest Group Comments on the Draft Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 and on the Guidance Notes issued to explain them [The draft Regulations are available at http://www.dti.gov.uk/cii/docs/regulations.pdf,the guidance for business is available at http://www.dti.gov.uk/cii/docs/guidance.pdf.] Introduction The Society for Computers and Law is the leading UK organisation for…
The Application of Information Technology
In this piece, Alastair Morrison reviews the pressures on solicitors and the courts arising from IT implementation. He analyses the position of smaller firms and looks at the prospects for XML and AI. This was originally submitted as a dissertation for the degree of LLM at the University of Strathclyde. It is rare for SCL to accept such material but this is a useful examination of various commentators’ views….
Generic v Specific Software
Alastair Morrison responds to the call in an issue of the magazine for articles on whether generic software can do most of the IT work required by the legal profession…
Trade Marks, Search Engines and Fair Play
Maureen Daly presents an analysis of the differing approaches in the US and various European jurisdictions to allegations of trade mark infringement and unfair competition by search engines…