Andrew Katz highlights the lessons that might be learned from the conduct of commerce in Ancient Rome. He identifies the parallels between the role of slaves and the regulation of intelligent agents in the modern world….
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Touching on porno hedgehogs and Croatian language recognition systems, Andrew Harbison and Pearse Ryan offer a fascinating insight into the problems associated with analysing unstructured data and the limitations inherent in using computers for electronic discovery. They also explain how the problems are not just of concern to litigators but to data protection lawyers and others too….
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Dr Fernando Barrio considers the problems which will be posed for the law by the development of autonomous robots and, by way of an example, looks more closely at how they may be treated under the law on sexual offences….
A new survey by web editorial services company PWS has produced some shocking results. Lawyers don’t seem to be taking their own advice on the importance of making web sites accessible. Ted Page explains what went wrong and why compliance should matter….
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This piece by Stephan Buck won the SCL Essay prize 2008. It is Stephan’s aproach to the official essay title ‘Virtual Properties and Virtual Economies: How should activities with economic consequences in virtual worlds like ‘Sec-ond Life’ and ‘Everquest’ be dealt with by real-world legal systems?’…
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One of the many sayings of Confucius is ‘In death avoid hell – in life avoid the courts’. Adrian Hughes QC reflects on the complexity of dispute resolution in China and gives practical insight for those trading and contracting in China.’…
Pablo Cortés reviews the proposal for a Regulation establishing a European Small Claims Procedure, which is due to be implemented by January 2009…
Organisations must get cleaner, smarter and more focussed to meet their ever-increasing responsibilities towards the environment and a sustainable economy. Yet, in doing so they should still stay competitive and harness the benefits of IT to drive up business value. They will require the services of professional innovators who, by measured activities, can transmute disjointed…
Intendance,, best known for their annual investigation into legal Web sites: ‘Intendance Fast Fifty Solicitors’ Websites 2007: Who is Winning and Why?, have revealed the findings of their survey of the graduate-focused web pages of top law firms….
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Daithí Mac Síthigh reports on the recent SCL Policy Forum, sponsored by SCL and Herbert Smith and held on 17 and 18 September in London….
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