Research subject Law and Information Technology
Law and Information Technology examines the relationship and interaction between law and ICT (Information and Communication Technologies). The areas of interest include the interpretation and development of regulations in the digital society, as well as the methods for legally customised system design and management.
Legal informatics spans several traditional areas of law, including law of contract, commercial law, copyright and administrative law. The subject is usually divided into a matrix-oriented part and a methodology-oriented part. The first part - usually referred to as IT law - covers legal issues that arise in connection with the use of IT. This includes everything from the use of computers and the Internet in handling information, to telecommunications and various forms of media. IT law also covers issues such as information security, processing of personal data, trade secrets, publicity and confidentiality, etc.
The method-oriented part of legal informatics in turn deals with regulations and methodological issues that arise in the development of digitised systems and applications. The importance of a legal approach to digitisation has become increasingly important in the context of society's growing use of digital systems and artificial intelligence (AI), both in the automation of legal proceedings and in the use of various forms of apps. The rapid developments in this field are constantly raising new questions about how laws, rules and ethical guidelines can and should be applied, making legal informatics an extremely dynamic area of research.
Related research subject
Law
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Researchers
Cecilia Magnusson Sjöberg
Professor
Peter Wahlgren
Professor
Katarina Fast Lappalainen
Universitetslektor
Stanley Joel Greenstein
Universitetslektor, docent
Kacper Filip Szkalej
Universitetslektor
Liane Rose Colonna
Ass. lektor, docent
Christine Storr
Univ. adjunkt
Isa Böttiger
Adjunkt
Giorgi Parulava
Doktorand
Mårten Edenroth
Doktorand
Maksymilian Michal Kuzmicz
Doktorand
Ruyi Ding
Doktorand
Zhicheng He
Doktorand
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The Swedish Law and Informatics Research Institute (IRI) explores the interaction between Law and Information Technology. The topic is a meeting place for traditional legal studies, information science and information technology. Through this subject, the legal system acquires new working tools for the handling of source material, legal proceedings become automated and legal activities take on a new guise. Law and Information Technology focuses on both methodological issues and regulative issues.
The activities started in 1968 and are to a large extent project oriented. Apart from research, IRI is engaged in educational activities and Law and Information Technology (“Rättsinformatik”) has since the early 1980s been a compulsory component in the legal education at Stockholm University.
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