The Legal Framework for the Information Society (LEFIS) and the Legal aspects of the Information

Society Studies (LEGIS). Introduction

Fernando Galindo Zaragoza University, Spain

Legal Aspects of the Information SocietyIntensive Programme

Isik University Sile, 3rd September 2007

Summary

The moduleCompetencesLearning outcomesReading listWeb resourcesWorkshopProject: History of LEFIS and LEGIS

Competences

Sistematical comprehension of the legal aspects of the information society studies (LEGIS), and the abilities and research methods related with them: of analytical and empirical character

Demonstration of the capacity to conceive, design, put in practice and adopt a substantive research project in relation with LEFIS or LEGIS attending to academic uses

Demonstration of the capacity to communicate with another experts in LEFIS and LEGIS, with another experts in another areas and with the society

Learning outcomes

The LEFIS and the LEGIS contents Social needs.- Globalization.- Multiculturalism.-

Knowledge society.- The LEFIS and LEGIS contents

Use of public key infrastructure (PKI) resources Concept of PKI.- The LEFIS PKI use.- Access to

the LEFIS documentation Methodology

Governance as methodology.- Communication and participation as methodology

The LEFIS context

From Europe

Partners

www.lefis.org114 institutions

EuropeAmericaChina India

255 persons 300 persons in the distribution list

Last Meetings

Albarracín, Spain, 18th and 19th May 2007, the LEFIS virtual campus desing

Beijing, China, 12th June 2007, Electronic signature: several experiences Beja, Portugal, 2th May 2007, Encontro Luso-Brasileiro sobre

"Prote(c)ção do Consumidor no Comércio Ele(c)trónico" Istambul,Turkey, 2nd and 3rd February 2007, Information and

Communication Technologies: Teaching of e-government Jaca, Spain, 26th-27th July 2007, Lefis seminar on e government and

digital inclusion and Segundo encuentro ibero latinoamericano sobre gobierno electrónico e inclusión digital

Reykjavik, Iceland, 13th -14th July, Legal informatics and egovernance as tools for the knowledge Society

Rovaniemi, Finnland,19th and 20th January 2007,The LEFIS Teaching in the Faculties of Law

Santa Catarina, Brasil, 27th -28th June, Primeiro Encontro ibero latino americano de governo electronico e inclusao digital

Vilnius, Lithuania, 13th and 14th April 2007, The Teaching of Management, e-business and e-comerce

Next Meetings

Istambul, Turkey, 3rd-14th September, LEGIS Intensive Programme on Legal Aspects of Information Society

Santa Catarina, November 2007, Third joint Meeting on E Government and digital inclusion

Wroklaw, Poland, 17th-18th September, LEFIS General Assembly

Books in preparation: the LEFIS Series

Ahti Saarenpää (ed.), Privacy Pilar Lasala (ed.), The on line teaching in the Faculties of

Law Erich Schweighofer (ed.), E-governance in the information

sector Javier García (ed.), The juridical responsiblity of

documentalists in the knowledge society (in Spanish) Aires Rover (ed.), Electronic Government and digital

inclusion (Spanish-Portuguese version) Cesare Maioli (ed.), Electronic Government and digital

inclusion (English version) Philip Leith (ed.), Documents and Law Abdul Paliwala (ed.), History of Legal Informatics P. Kleve, R.V. De Mulder, C. Van Noortwijk (eds.),

Monitoring, Supervision and Information Technology

R+D+I Projects in execution and evaluation

EGOBS: Observatory of electronic government GERSOCO: Governance and regulation

estrategies for the knowledge society Law & Ict shared virtual campus Lawful interception in IP networks, Guidelines for

potential policy Amendments.- LIGA Lefis-wide: making known the LEFIS network PRIME: Privacy and Identification Management

LEFIS activities

Concrete activities directed to solve the obstacles to the introduction of e Government and to promote the digital inclusion... Meetings Books Teaching Activities of interdisciplinar and international

character Activities made jointly by teachers and researchers

(different specialities), civil servants, firms, public institutions and citizens

Examples of LEFIS activities

LEGIS Intensive Programme on Legal Aspects of the Information

Society: interdisciplinary programme, Turkey (3rd-14th September 2007)

LEFIS International Observatory on electronic government :

www.egobs.org LEFIS: Legal Framework for the Information Society

Learning activities Electronic Administration as model for learning Democratic use of the electronic signature (PKI:

lefis.unizar.es), Study of learning contents attending to opinions of teachers,

students and the learning context: abilities and competences

LEGIS content

Data protection and privacy

Intellectual property rights (IPR)

Copyright and patents e-Commerce Telecommunications law e-Democracy and e-

Inclusion e-Government and e-

Governance e-Administration

Security Electronic signature Ontologies XML Web 2.0 and community

computing Open source Ethics and legislation for

engineering Globalization and

technologies

Learning

Ellaboration of the LEFIS blended offer Concrete subjects as example:

Governo Eletrônico e inclusão digital (Santa Catarina)

Derecho y Nuevas Tecnologías. Administración Electrónica y Gobierno Digital (La Plata)

Administración electrónica (Zaragoza and on line, Grupo G9)

Master and graduate courses

Practical character

Learning from professional competencesUse of public key certificates:

lefis.unizar.es/pkiFrom the study on contents, made by

teachers and students attending to standards research procedures

Santa Catarina

Objetivo geral: Capacitar os alunos para a compreensão tecnológica dos

fenômenos governamentais em caráter interdisciplinar.

Objetivos específicos: Capacitar os alunos para os seguintes aspectos:

1. Pesquisar e publicar trabalhos internacionais; 2. Desenvolver conceitos técnicos e científicos; 3. Discutir soluções tecnológicas com aplicação prática; 4. Atuar como multiplicador; 5. Entendimento das atividades governamentais no contexto

digital.

Summary of results: Administración electrónica (ECTS)

Profesor

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típicaP5: Coste real de la asignatura para el alumno

P5.1 Número de créditos de la asignatura, según Plan de Estudios (en horas) 60,00 60,00 60,00 60,00 0,00P5.2 Número de horas de clases teóricas que ha asistido 45,00 20,00 40,75 45,00 6,86P5.3 Número de horas de clases prácticas que ha asistido 15,00 13,00 14,72 15,00 0,57

P5.4 Número de horas invertidas para resolución de casos 7 0,00 11,11 30,00 7,66P5.5 Número de horas de estudio invertidas 23,5 0,00 11,89 60,00 10,96P5.6 Número de horas de lecturas y trabajos adicionales invertidas 21 1,00 12,46 42,00 8,54P5.7 Número de horas de examen invertidas 2 0,00 2,29 30,00 5,75P5.8 Número de horas de autoevaluación invertidas 0 0,00 0,64 10,00 1,81P5.9 Número de horas de exposición de trabajos que ha invertido 1 0,25 3,61 20,00 5,14

P5.10 Número de horas invertidas en otras actividades (especificar las actividades): 1 0,00 0,45 6,00 1,27

AlumnosProfesor

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típicaP5: Coste real de la asignatura para el alumno

P5.1 Número de créditos de la asignatura, según Plan de Estudios (en horas) 60 60,00 60,00 60,00 0,00P5.2 Número de horas de clases teóricas que ha asistido 30 24,00 43,22 60,00 13,75P5.3 Número de horas de clases prácticas que ha asistido 30 0,00 11,44 34,00 10,48

P5.4 Número de horas invertidas para resolución de casos 14 0,00 8,22 25,00 9,42P5.5 Número de horas de estudio invertidas 15 0,00 8,56 30,00 9,77P5.6 Número de horas de lecturas y trabajos adicionales invertidas 40 0,00 6,78 15,00 4,94P5.7 Número de horas de examen invertidas 2 0,00 1,67 7,00 2,69P5.8 Número de horas de autoevaluación invertidas 0 0,00 1,22 3,00 1,09P5.9 Número de horas de exposición de trabajos que ha invertido 2 1,00 5,86 25,00 8,63

P5.10 Número de horas invertidas en otras actividades (especificar las actividades): 12 0,00 3,56 20,00 6,54

Alumnos

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Summary of results:Administración electrónica (Acquired Competences)

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típicaP6: Competencias específicas adquiridas

(valorar entre: 1=no conseguido y 5=totalmente conseguido)

P6.1 Presentar información visual y oralmente 4,00 4,44 5,00 0,53P6.2 2,00 3,67 5,00 1,00

P6.3 Acceso a textos legales 2,00 4,44 5,00 1,01P6.4 2,00 3,78 5,00 0,97P6.5 2,00 3,67 5,00 1,00

Interpretación de textos legales en su contextoAplicación de textos legales en su contexto

Demostrar conocimiento de los principios y valores jurídicos en relación con el Proyecto de Ley para el acceso electrónico de los ciudadanos a las Administraciones Públicas

Competencias Específicas Adquiridas

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Summary of results: Administración electrónica (time to acquire Knowledge)

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típicaP7: Conocimientos Adquiridos

- Tiempo dedicado en horasP7.1 Capacidad de distinguir varias clases de aplicación jurídica 19 0,00 3,28 10,00 2,54P7.2 Conocer los diferentes métodos de interpretación de textos jurídicos 19 0,00 4,31 15,00 3,63P7.3 Capacidad de presentar y defender argumentos 67 0,00 2,83 6,00 1,73P7.4 Capacidad de encontrar documentación jurídica adecuada 3 0,00 4,33 15,00 3,86P7.5 Conocimiento básico sobre Derecho de las TIC, como ejemplo 4 0,00 3,78 20,00 5,22

Alumnos

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típicaP7: Conocimientos Adquiridos

- Tiempo dedicado en horas

P7.1 Orígenes de las Tecnologías de la información y de la administración electrónica 10,5 1,00 5,56 20,00 5,70P7.2 20 0,50 3,28 10,00 3,09P7.3 20,5 0,00 3,78 10,00 3,49

P7.4 35,5 1,00 4,56 10,00 3,40

P7.5 20,5 0,00 4,22 10,00 3,56

P7.6 20 0,00 4,11 10,00 3,33Estado de desarrollo de la provisión de servicios administrativos públicos con ayuda de las TIC

Clasificación de servicios de Administración electrónica desde diferentes aproximacionesBúsqueda y recuperación de información adecuada sobre Administración electrónica

Principios básicos de la normativa que gobierna el uso de las TIC en relación con la Administración electrónica

Presentación práctica de ejemplos de Administración electrónica

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Tiempo invertido para adquirir conocimentos

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Summary of results: Administración electrónica (Acquired Knowledge)

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típicaP7: Conocimientos Adquiridos

- Valorar entre 1=no adquirido y 5=totalmente adquirido

P7.1 Orígenes de las Tecnologías de la información y de la administración electrónica 2,00 3,89 5,00 1,05P7.2 4,00 4,44 5,00 0,53P7.3

2,00 3,67 5,00 0,87P7.4

3,00 4,33 5,00 0,87P7.5

1,00 3,44 5,00 1,24P7.6

3,00 3,89 5,00 0,60

Principios básicos de la normativa que gobierna el uso de las TIC en relación con la Administración electrónica Estado de desarrollo de la provisión de servicios administrativos públicos con ayuda de las TIC

Presentación práctica de ejemplos de Administración electrónicaClasificación de servicios de Administración electrónica desde diferentes aproximacionesBúsqueda y recuperación de información adecuada sobre Administración electrónica

Alumnos

Conocimentos Adquiridos

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Use of public key infrastructure (PKI) resources

www.lefis.org https://pki.lefis.org/https://lefis.unizar.es/pki/

Methodology: several cases

Legal Informatics Governance as approach, some time ago Social and legal obstacles for the

implementation of the Electronic Government: the risks Participation as alternative/complementary

approach Communicative theories best as

conceptual/analitical theories. The importance is in the promotion of the participation and, also,

the use of the social sciences tools

Legal Informatics

Objective: to build and to study (from 1970) an own academic knowledge area like Civil Law, Penal Law, Systems organizations...

To study the juridical information systems and/or the Law on the Information and Communication Technologies

It does not obtain good results coming from the juridical and computer science knowledge areas:

Another knowledge disciplines were early interested in the studies area

Another reason: The sweet decadence of the XIX century founded knowledge areas as only conceptual

paradigms as the person, the juridical texts, the procedure

The more convinient and interesting is the participative and interdisciplinary study of social, real, problems:

Personal data protection, security of the telecommunications, legal information systems, E- Commerce, E- Government, LEFIS, for example...

The teaching and research are organized today more from concrete needs as from general conceptual categories

Electronic Government as example

The exercice of the public power with the help of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

Legislative, executive and judicial powers According with the democratic principles,

charactersitics of the State of Law, specially: participation and powers division

It is the same as to say that E Government is the citizens’s participation in the exercice of the public power with the help of the ICT

The study requires political, juridical and interdisciplinary approaches. This is also to study the obstacles

But Governance as approach, some time ago

Art of government that has as objective the obtention of an economical, social and institutional development of durable character, promoting a sane equilibrium between the State, the civil society and the market of the Economy (Spanish Dictionary) Put in practice of the principle of openness, participation,

responsibility, efficienz and coherenz “the legislative road constitues frequently a part of

a more broad soluction” COM 2001 (European Commissión on Governance) Promotion of Governance is the objective of the research

Breaking Barriers to eGovernment www.egovbarriers.org, organized by request of the European Union, General Directorate of Information Society and Multimedia (2005-2007)

Obstacles Inventory

Leadership failuresFinancial inhibitorsDigital divides & choicesPoor coordinationWorkplace and organizational inflexibilityLack of trustPoor technical design

The risks: causes of the obstacles are in the Legal Foundations

Administrative law Authentication and Identification Intellectual Property Rights Liability Privacy and data protection Public administration transparency Re-use of Public Sector Information The Relationships between Public Administrations,

Citizens, and other ICT actors Study proposals of the research Breaking

Barriers to eGovernment

Participation as alternative/ complementary approach

Exercice of the principles of the State of Law Democracy and participation Powers division

Interdisciplinary study of the Law Attending to the citizens opinions and

theoretical proposals

Possible theories to use: 1

ALEXY (from 1990): the Law is a normative system 1) called to the justice, 2) integrated by all norms que are part of a real

constitution... and 3) by the principles and normative arguments that

foundament and ought foundament the procedure of juridical application to satisfy the justice requirements

Problems.- Too near to the Governance, analytical arguments, conceptual approach, normative approach specially

Communicative theories: 2

COMMUNICATIVE CONCEPT OF LAW (from 1993): just activity of jurists with relation to juridical texts

HABERMAS (2005): an activity is only “rationaly acceptable” if the activity is put in practice by the impartial proposal of a discursive procedure of formation of opinion and will, and

TAKIKAWA (2005): 1) it exists a general obligation to solve the problems, 2) the useful form to fulfill the general obligation is to give an especial

obligation to a concrete agent, 3) we have the especial obligation to solve the problem, 4) we must associate us with others to solve several problems, 5) the optime solutions to the problems, this is: the logic, the size, the

frontiers of these associations will vary according to the natur of the problems, and

6) the frontiers of the associations are complex and with multiple levels

Reading list

GALINDO, F., The LEFIS Network , in TRAUNMÜLLER. R., (ed.), EGovernment 2004, 3rd International Conference on Electronic Government, DEXA 2004, Zaragoza, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York , Springer, 2004

GALINDO, F. (ed.) : Gobierno, Derecho y Tecnologías: las actividades de los poderes públicos. Madrid, Thomson Civitas, 2006

GALINDO, F.; LASALA, P.; CATALINAS, L. : Safe and trustworthy access in a working environment: the MoodlePKI project. Rotterdam, Erasmus Univertiy, 2007

Six Articles Exploring the Legal Environment of e-Government, in JILT 2005, Issue 2 & 3, http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/elj/jilt/2005_2-3/

Web resources

www.lefis.org https://pki.lefis.org/https://lefis.unizar.es/pki/LEFIS digital library

Workshop

To obtain the LEFIS PKI certificate of public key

The use of the LEFIS PKI certificate to access to the email LEFIS list and some parts of the LEFIS web accesible only by public key

To know the different steps and protocols to obtain and use the LEFIS PKI infrastructure

Project

History of LEFIS and LEGIS The elaboration from the date gathered by several interviews

and the study of papers, books and presentations, of a history (in book format) on the activities and results of the LEFIS Network. The book will be published, at least, in the LEFIS web

Outcomes.- 1. A template of questionnaire and interviews.- 2. A list of possible interviewees.- 3. A plan to made a book with selected authors coming from the LEGIS IP

Competence.- Demonstration of the capacity to communicate with another experts in LEFIS and LEGIS, with another experts in another areas and with the society

Issues

Interviews in questionnaire form (to fulfill by email)

List of interviewees: LEFIS and LEGIS people but another people also

Distribution of the interviews to realize Summary of the answers Organization of the book: responsible of every

chapter Plan to propose an initial draft the 30th

September 2007

Outline for the report

Precedents of LEFISThe begins and the stay of the artThe core researchThe teachingPolicy proposalsNext steps