Nair, Abhilash

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European Journal of Law and Technology, Vol 10, Issue 2, 2019 Editorial Law & Technology in Cars, Classrooms and Software Welcome to the second Issue of 2019 of the European Journal of Law and Technology. In this Issue,we present three original research articles and a book review. In our first article, ‘Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018: An Evaluation in light of ProactiveLaw and Regulatory Disconnect’, Matthew Channon offers a thoughtful critique on the UK’s firstinsurance legislation for Connected and Automated Vehicles, the Automated and Electric VehiclesAct 2018 (AVEA 2018). Channon points out that the legislation essentially regulates self-drivingvehicles that are currently not on public roads, which naturally means that it is speculative of futurechallenges. He argues that the law is likely to cause confusion due to some of its provisions beingunclear. By taking a comparative approach in places, Channon proposes some solutions to some ofthe challenges in the AEVA 2018, taking into account what he argues as ‘the need to comply withregulatory connection and proactive law’. Björn Lundell, Jonas Gamalielsson, and Andrew Katz, in their article ‘Implementing IT Standardsin Software: Challenges and Recommendations for Organisations Planning Software DevelopmentCovering  IT Standards’,  offer  a  detailed account  of  the challenges  in  obtaining  patent  licencesrequired to implement three specific standards in software – ISO 32000-1 (a standard based on PDF1.7), ISO/IEC 29500 (Office Open XML), and ISO 20022 (a standard for international financialbusiness  communication).  Analysing  the  complexities  in  the  context  of  implementing  thesestandards in open source software, the authors offer evidence-based recommendations in terms ofthe steps that  an organisation should take prior  to  adopting such standards  in  software.  In thiscontext, the article also makes helpful recommendations to changes in policy and practice, aimed atreducing the complexities in implementing such standards in open source software. The internet has undoubtedly presented unique opportunities for widening access to education. It is,however,  fair to state that we have yet to realise the internet’s full  potential to make educationaccessible to all. In many ways, education institutions continue to demonstrate a degree of inertia toadapt to, and make full use of, technology in terms of providing wider access to education andtraining that goes beyond traditional pathways and delivery models. The Diploma Centre of the LawSociety of Ireland offers a pleasing example of harnessing technology in order to widen access tojustice and to the legal profession. In their article titled, ‘Moodle & MOOCs: Bringing ProfessionalLegal Education Mainstream – the MOOC Experience at the Law Society of Ireland’, Freda Grealy,Steve Collender,  John Lunney and Rory O’Boyle provide practical and informative insights forthose who may be developing MOOCs. The authors discuss their instructional design process andthe  opportunities  presented  in  utilising  a  bespoke  design  of  the  Moodle  learning  managementsystem, and share the quantitative and qualitative feedback from MOOC participants, which is usedto inform best practice for their MOOC course design. European Journal of Law and Technology, Vol 10, Issue 2, 2019 Finally, Daniel Davenport offers a well-balanced and helpful review of W Kuan Hon’s book, DataLocalisation and Policy (Edward Elgar 2017). I would like to take this opportunity to welcome on board Megan Robertson of Aston University asour technical editor. Robertson brings a wealth of experience to support the work of the EJLT, andwe are delighted that she has joined the team. Our editors, reviewers, authors, and readers all sharea strong commitment towards the free and open dissemination of high quality scholarship. I amgrateful for all the generous support you continue to provide to the journal, and very much hope thatyou enjoy reading this Issue. Abhilash Nair 

Law & Technology in Cars, Classrooms and Software:Editorial

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