Journal of Information, Law and Technology, 1996

Volume 1996, Number 1, 1996

Special Feature on the European Data Protection Directive

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  Ian J. Lloyd:
  Introduction.
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  Ian J. Lloyd:
  An outline of the European Data Protection Directive.
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  Peter Blume:
  Implementation of the European Data Protection Directive: The View from Denmark.
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  Jan-Peter Bergfeld:
  The impact of the EC Data Protection Directive on Dutch Data Protection Law.
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  Peter Seipel:
  Comments on the EC Data Protection Directive : The View from Sweden.
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  Robert Clark:
  Data Protection in the Republic of Ireland.

Related Materials

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  Full Text of the European Data Protection Directive.
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  UK Government Consultation Paper on Data Protection.

Refereed Articles

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  Abdul Paliwala:
  From Academic Tombstones to Living Bazaars - The Changing Shape of Law Reviews.
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  Paul Maharg:
  Contracts: An Introduction to the Skills of Legal Writing and Analysis.
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  Richard V. de Mulder, C. J. M. Combrink-Kuiters:
  Is a computer capable of interpreting case law?

Book Reviews

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  Colin Scott:
  Telecommunications Law and Practice 2nd Edition by Colin D Long (Ed).
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  Andrew Terrett:
  Law In A Digital World by M Ethan Katsch.

Work In Progress

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  Information Technology for UK Law Schools - The Second BILETA report into I.T. and Legal Education.
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  Student project: Legal Services on the Internet.
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  Lord Woolf Issues Consultation Papers.

Applications

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  Hansard Goes On-line.
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  Example Summary of House of Commons Business for 19 January 1996.
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  The International Centre for Commercial Law.

In The News

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  UK Draft Bill on reforming the law of defamation.

Conferences

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  Andrew Terrett:
  SCOOP Official Publishing on the Internet.
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  Ian J. Lloyd:
  Society for Computers and Law.
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  Alan Paterson:
  Society for Public Teachers of Law.

Volume 1996, Number 2, 1996

Special Feature on Open Access to Legal Information

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  Abdul Paliwala:
  Introduction.
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  Sol Picciotto:
  Towards Open Access to British Official Documents.
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  Gordon Robbie:
  Crown Copyright - Bête Noire or White Knight?
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  Charles Oppenheim:
  Crown Copyright and HMSO.
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  Robin Williamson:
  Revision of Crown Copyright Licensing - Comments from an electronic publisher.
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  Abdul Paliwala:
  Comments on House of Commons Information Committee, First Report on Electronic Publication of House of Commons Documents.

Proceedings of conference:

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  Crown Copyright in Cyberspace, Montreal, May 1995.

Forthcoming conference:

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  Access To Public Information: A Key To Commercial Growth And Electronic Democracy (Stockholm).

Related Materials

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  HMSO Copyright Unit.
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  UK Cabinet Office Statement.

Refereed Articles

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  Sol Picciotto:
  Towards Open Access to British Official Documents.
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  Dan Hunter:
  Commercialising Legal Neural Networks.
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  Sophie Louveaux:
  Data Protection in Belgium.
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  Muhammed A. Pasha, Paul Soper:
  Combining the Strengths of Information Management Technologies to Meet the Needs of Legal Professionals.
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  Richard Jones, John Scully:
  Hypertext within Multimedia Applications in Legal Education.
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  Cyrus Tata, John N. Wilson, Neil Hutton:
  Representations of Knowledge and Discretionary Decision-Making by Decision-Support Systems: the Case of Judicial Sentencing.

Revised version of previously published articles

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  Richard V. de Mulder, C. J. M. Combrink-Kuiters:
  Is a computer capable of interpreting case law?

Book Reviews

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  Colin Scott:
  International Telecommunications Handbook by R Frieden (1996).
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  Philip Leith:
  Public Policy and Regulation of the Information Market in the Digital Network Environment (PhD Thesis) by S J Saxby (1996).
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  Peter Seipel:
  The Electronic Superhighway - The Shape of Technology and Law to Come by E Mackaay, D Poulin and P Trudel (1995).

Work In Progress

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  John Pickering:
  IT & Legal Education.

Applications

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  Paul Crowe:
  Dipping the Toe - A Solicitor's experience of setting up a working website.

In The News

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  UK Draft Bill on reforming the law of defamation.
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  UK Government plans for Crown Copyright.
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  USA Telecommunications Act of 1996.
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  UK Consultation Paper on Data Protection.
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  Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and Council of the European Union on the legal protection of databases.
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  MIPEX (Message based Industrial Property information EXchange).

Conferences

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  Sarah Carter:
  BILETA '96 - Electronic Publishing.
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  Yael Kahn:
  Electronic Publishing and Libraries - The Challenges of new Partnership.
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  Nicola Clare:
  Legal Aspects of Business and the Internet.

Volume 1996, Number 3, 1996

Special Feature: Proceedings of BILETA '96

Electronic Publishing and Cultural Change

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  Dick Greener:
  Arranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic: The Publishers Role in a Digital Era?
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  Sue Pettit:
  Remember the Librarians.
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  Douglas C. Pitt, Niall Levine:
  Electronic Publishing - Academic Opportunism or Opportunity.
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  Alexis Weedon:
  The Electronic book trade and the Internet.

Electronic Journals in Law

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  Bruce Grant:
  The Economics of Electronic Journals in Law.
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  Trotter Hardy:
  Starting an Electronic Journal in Law.

Electronic Publishing - Two Case Studies

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  Rosemary Shiels:
  Law Students and Hypertext: One Law School's Model.
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  Robin Williamson:
  The Electronic Law Reports - A Case Study.

Distance Learning and the Law School

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  Erich Schweighofer:
  Teleteaching in the EU Erasmus programme.
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  Scott A. Taylor:
  Teaching a Law Seminar on the Internet.

Electronic Publishing and the Future

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  Robin Widdison:
  The Virtual Law School.

Courseware - Two Approaches

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  Caitriona Hegarty, Tom Routen:
  Intelligent Tutoring Systems.
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  Max Young:
  Help with Sale of Goods.

Protecting the Electronic Copy

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  John Sharman:
  The Role of Encryption in Electronic Publishing.
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  Sarah Carter:
  Conference Review.

Refereed Articles

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  Judith Bannister:
  Open Access to Legal Sources in Australsia.
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  Mark Naftel:
  Regulating for Competition in the US and EU Telecoms Markets.

Book Reviews

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  Ian J. Lloyd:
  Big Brother by Simon Davies (1996).
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  Charlotte Waelde:
  Law and the Information Superhighway by Henry Perritt (1996).
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  Nicholas Lockett:
  Internet Law and Regulation by Graham J.H. Smith (ed.) (1996).
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  Robin Widdison:
  The Future of Law by Richard Susskind (1996).

Work In Progress

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  Amanda Hoey, Sally Lowry:
  GALLOP - Guided Academic Learning to Legislation on Purchasing.
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  Philip A. Redding:
  Report on the Protection Afforded Computer Software in the Face of Computer Software Piracy.

Applications

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  Delia Venables:
  Around the World in 80 minutes.
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  Peter Faris:
  Australian High Court Judgement Service.
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  Wiebina Heesterman:
  A Comparative Review of Information Retrieval Software.
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  electronic Law Reports, a special feature.
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  David Swarbrick:
  New Law goes On-line.

In The News

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  Information Society: Agenda for Action in the UK.
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  Data Protection Registrar's Annual Report.
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  Update on Defamation Law - UK Reform.

Conferences

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  Maeve McDonagh:
  Access to Public Information: A key to Commercial Growth and Electronic Democracy held in Stockholm.
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  Nicholas Lockett:
  CCTA Conference on Legal Issues and the Internet.
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  Jeroen van den Hoven, Reid Cushman:
  Privacy, Health Care Data and Information Technology.
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  Andrew Terrett:
  US-CALI Conference held at the Chicago-Kent School of Law.
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  Andreas Wiebe:
  Working Conference on the EC Data Protection Directive held in Hannover.