Juridisch Kennismanagement in het IT-tijdperk

Gegevens, informatie en kennis worden voor organisaties van steeds groter belang. Zij worden steeds meer beschouwd als producten waarvan de waarde wordt bepaald door vraag en aanbod. Dit wordt mede veroorzaakt door de steeds verdergaande invloed van informatietechnologie (IT). Voor sommige organisaties zijn informatie en kennis inmiddels de belangrijkste productiefactoren geworden. Dit geldt ook, en zelfs in sterke mate, voor juridische organisaties. Deze dienen te beschikken over steeds meer juridische kennis en informatie om hun taak naar behoren te kunnen uitvoeren. Juridische informatie en kennis zijn vastgelegd in een breed scala van documenten en worden steeds vaker aangeboden via elektronische media. De vorm van de oorspronkelijke documenten, en daarmee ook de inhoud, ondergaat daarbij deels veranderingen, evenals de wijze waarop zij kunnen worden geraadpleegd. Dit onderzoek voorziet in een eerste inventarisatie en analyse van de wijze waarop juristen met informatiestromen omgaan, alsmede van de rol die IT hierbij speelt. Daartoe werd onderzoek gedaan bij organisaties die een juridische taak vervullen: gemeenten met wel/geen vergaande automatisering. Voorts wordt nagegaan in hoeverre IT een geschikt hulpmiddel is voor het kanaliseren van de steeds toenemende stroom gegevens, informatie en kennis en in welke omgeving dit het best tot zijn recht komt

Are Mobile Agents Outlawed Processes?

An important characteristic of mobile agents is that they often do not run on their user's platform, but on the platform of someone else. There often is no pre-existing relation between the 'owner'of the running agent's process and the owner of the platform on which the agent process runs. When there are conflicts the position of the owner is not clear: is he allowed to slowdown the process or even remove it from the system? And how can the interests of the owner of the agent be protected? This paper explores the legal and technical perspectives to protecting the integrity of agent processes. 1

Security of Distributed Digital Criminal Dossiers

Abstract — Securely managing shared information in distributed environments across multiple organisations is a challenge. Distributed information management systems must be able to support individual organisations ’ information policies whilst securing global consistency and completeness. This paper proposes a multi-agent approach to a distributed multi-organisational system design based on this principle, focusing on the example of the distributed digital criminal dossier used in the Courts of Amsterdam and Rotterdam, compiled and managed by the Public Prosecution. Security requirements are identified and a distributed multiagent architecture proposed

Can Agents Close Contracts?

One of the tasks of software agents on the Internet will be to close contracts on behalf of their owner. The closing of a contract is subject to liabilities. In this, there is no distinction between the real world and the virtual world. Like in the real world, within the virtual world a distinction has to be made between the precontractual phase and the contractual phase. The liabilities in these phases are different. Therefore negotiation protocols for agents need to distinguish between these phases and different responsibilities may exist in the different phases. This paper presents some of the issues involved, viewed from a technical and legal perspective. 1

Mutual benefits for AI Law and Knowledge Management

Knowledge Management and AI & Law are two areas of research with overlapping topics. At present, these areas are infrequently investigated together. In this paper it is argued that addressing these areas together would be for their mutual benefit and progress. It could prevent re-inventing the wheel on both sides. 1 Introduction Knowledge Management is a relatively new area of research. Out of the understanding that knowledge is one, if not the most important asset of an organization arose the need to manage knowledge (Wiig 1993, Weggeman 1997). The purpose of Knowledge Management is generally formulated as: . maximizing the organizations knowledge-related effectiveness, and; . maximizing the returns from the organizations knowledge assets and renew them constantly. Effective knowledge management requires support from a repertoire of methods, techniques and tools (Wiig, de Hoog & van der Spek 1997). In business, Information Technology (IT) is seen as one of the important ena..