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Legal Informatics. Fernando Galindo Philosophy of Law University of Zaragoza Lapland University Rovaniemi March 21 2000. Legal Informatics. ¿What is it? An example: researches, developments and institutions Teaching EULISP Diplom Subjects Conclusion. ¿What is it?.
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Legal Informatics Fernando Galindo Philosophy of Law University of Zaragoza Lapland University Rovaniemi March 21 2000
Legal Informatics • ¿What is it? • An example: researches, developments and institutions • Teaching • EULISP Diplom • Subjects • Conclusion
¿What is it? • Reflexive study on legal activities, practiced in a global and technified world (Council of Europe 1992) • Jurimetrics/Legal Informatics/Informática Jurídica (Santo Domingo 1984) • Computers and Law/Computer’s Law (Guatemala/Zaragoza 1989) • Law and Computers (1998) • Legal Informatics (1998 EULISP)
An example: researches, developments and institutions • INEM (1991-92): help to the decision • AEQUITAS (1997-98): European Directive and Spanish Law • FESTE (from 1997): Notaries and telecommunications • AEQUITAS PROCURADORES (from 1998): telematic transmission of judicial notifications • EMERITUS (from 1999): industry and lawyers • APTICE (from 3oth March 2000): AGACE • Next: Registers (property and commercial)
Teaching • EULISP Diplom (from 1998).- Diplom of specialization in Legal Informatics (from Zaragoza) • ERASMUS Programme (from 1993) • CDA-EULISP-ERASMUS (from 1999) • Computers and Law (from 1993) • Management and Public Administation • Ethics and Legislation for Engineers (from 1997) • Polytechnic Center
EULISP DiplomDiplom from Zaragoza (case) • Universities : Belfast (Queen’s University, North-Ireland), Bologna (Italy), Stochkolm (Sweden), Hannover (Germany), Linz (Austria), London (United Kingdom), Leuven (Belgium), Münster (Germany), Namur (Belgium), Oslo (Norway), Rotterdam (Nederland), Rovaniemi (Finnland), Tesalónica (Greece), Tübingen (Germany), Wien (Austria), Vilnius (Lituania) and Zaragoza (Spain) • First the legal example, next another professions
Subjects • Postgraduated course: complementary and modernized formation • 60 ECTS Credits. One year in two semesters • 6 subjects (24 hours), Seminar, Proyect, Summer Course, Final Examen • Compulsory Subjects: Data protection, Intelectual Property, Electronic Signature, Programmes for Lawyers, Security Measures
Data protection • From privacy to data protection • Principles on the regulation on data protection • Institutions: Registers and Agencies • Procedures of inscription and inspection • Practice Codes
Intelectual property • Basic principles on the regulation of intelectual property • The European Directive on protection of the computer programmes • The regulation on data banks • The “sui generis” rights • Domains and marks • The best technical resources to secure the intelectual property in Internet • Jurisdictional problems
Electronic signature • Cryptographic techniques • Security and guarantee architectures of the electronic communications • Institutional requirements • Laws, politics and techniques • Models
Security measures • The needs of the user of computer’s programmes • The user’s agreement • Functional specifications of the programme • Requirements for the construction of the programme • Validity of the programme • Exploitation of the programme
Programmes for Lawyers • Access to legal texts • Programmes to access to legal texts • Legal Interpetation • Programmes to help the legal interpretation • Application of the Law • Programmes to help the legal application • Legal Dogmatics • Programmes to help the legal Dogmatics
Conclusion • Reflexive study on legal activities, practiced in a global and technified world • Just activity of lawyers in relation with legal texts • Philosophy of Law, for example