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Toward A Criminal Law For Cyberspace: Distributed Security, Susan Brenner

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The article analyzes the structure and evolution of the current, traditional model of law enforcement and explains why this model is not an effective means of addressing computer-facilitated criminal activity. It begins by analyzing the operation of rules in collective systems composed of biological or artificial entities; it explains that every such system utilizes basic, constitutive rules to maintain both internal and external order. The article explains that intelligence has a profound effect upon a system’s ability to maintain internal order. Intelligence creates the capacity for deviant behavior, i.e., the refusal to abide by constitutive rules, and this requires the …

Monopoly Power In The Electronic Information Industry: Why, And So What?, Curt A. Hessler

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This "law and economics" article diagnoses why monopoly power infects so many markets in the electronic media, communications, and information technology industries (collectively the "Industry"),and recommends changes to prevailing intellectual property and antitrust doctrines to remedy this problem.

The analysis focuses on a single "norm" -- the maximization of economic value, as defined by standard welfare economic theory. Identifying three distinct functions that operate throughout this otherwise diverse Industry -- authoring, publishing, and distribution -- the article notes that two economic peculiarities characterize most Industry markets: the technical feasibility of "non-rivalrous use" of digitized information products, and the frequent "creative …

O Princípio Da Eficiência E O Software Livre, Ivo T. Gico

Ivo Teixeira Gico Jr.

O presente artigo visa a incitar o debate acerca da adoção do software livre pela Administração Pública em respeito ao princípio da efetividade, inscrito no art. 37 da Constituição Federal.

This article goal is to encourage discussion about the adoption of free software by the government regarding the principle of effectiveness included in Art. 37 of the Federal Constitution.

O Documento Eletrônico Como Meio De Prova No Brasil, Ivo T. Gico

Ivo Teixeira Gico Jr.

Discute-se, no presente artigo, a validade do documento eletrônico como meio hábil de prova, a necessidade de inovação no ordenamento jurídico, bem como o livre convencimento do magistrado. It is discussed in this paper, the validity of the electronic document as valid evidence, analyzing, among other things, the issue of the necessity of a physical media for the document and the judge's liberty to decide.

Gender And Privacy In Cyberspace, Anita L. Allen

All Faculty Scholarship

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Privacy-As-Data Control: Conceptual, Practical, And Moral Limits Of The Paradigm, Anita L. Allen

All Faculty Scholarship

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O Arquivo Eletrônico Como Meio De Prova, Ivo T. Gico

Ivo Teixeira Gico Jr.

Discute-se, no presente artigo, a validade do documento eletrônico como meio hábil de prova, analisando-se, entre outros elementos, a questão do suporte físico para o documento, bem como o livre convencimento do magistrado.

It is discussed in this paper, the validity of the electronic document as valid evidence, analyzing, among other things, the issue of the necessity of a physical media for the document and the judge's liberty to decide.

Discrimination In The Laws Of Information Warfare, Mark R. Shulman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

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Withdrawal Of The Reference: Rights, Rules, And Remedies For Unwelcomed Web-Linking, Walter Effross

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Computer Crimes Now On The Books: What Do We Do From Here? (Symposium), Henry H. Perritt Jr.

All Faculty Scholarship

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High-Tech Heroes, Virtual Villians, And Jacked-In Justice: Visions Of Law And Lawyers In Cyberpunk Science Fiction, Walter Effross

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Piracy, Privacy, And Privitization: Fictional And Legal Approaches To The Electronic Future Of Cash, Walter Effross

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Putting The Cards Before The Purse: Distinctions, Differences, And Dilemmas In The Regulation Of Stored Value Card Systems, Walter Effross

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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A Puzzle Even The Codebreakers Have Trouble Solving: A Clash Of Interests Over The Electronic Encryption Standard, Sean Flynn

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Assaying Computer Associates V. Altai: How Will The Golden Nugget Test Pan Out, Walter Effross

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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