Contents

• Editorial

Refereed Articles

• The AustLII Papers - New Directions in Law via the Internet
  Professor Graham Greenleaf et al.
• The Communication of Legislative Information in Ireland
  Dr Philip Leith
• Cryptography and Liberty: 'Can the Trusted Third Parties be Trusted? A Critique of the Recent UK Proposals'
  Yaman Akdeniz et al.
• Pure Electronic Delivery of Law Modules - Dream or Reality?
  Stephen Migdal and Martin Cartwright
• The Similarities of Text Documents
  Kees van Noortwijk and Richard V. De Mulder
• User Needs in Electronic Law Reporting: A Research Study
  Dr Abdul Paliwala et al.

Commentaries

• The Australian Copyright Amendment Bill: A Report
  Peter Brudenall
• Developing Legal Research Methodology to Meet the Challenge of New Technologies
  Dr Christine Cnossen and Veronica M. Smith
• Free Access to Electronic Law
  Robin Williamson
• The Investment Conundrum
  Bill Onwusah
• IT in the City of London
  Sir Brian Jenkins and Richard Susskind

IT Reviews

• Comparing the Electronic Sources used at Pinsent Curtis
  Hilary Boucher
• Criminal Law CD-ROMs
  Peter Alldridge
• JURIST Web Site
  Christopher Brien
• Scots Law Times CD-ROM
  A Special Feature
• Scots Law Courseware Consortium CD-ROM: Learner's Review
  Ben Watt

Work in Progress

• Anoraks Among the Suits and Jeans: Computers, Law and the Legal Academy
  Peter Alldridge

Case Commentaries

• Is the Dam About to Burst? An Analysis of Domain Name Disputes in the UK
  Charlotte Waelde
• Software Patents After Fujitsu - New Directions or (another) Missed Opportunity?
  Professor Ian Lloyd

Book Reviews

• David Bainbridge (1996)
  Introduction to Computer Law (3rd ed.)
  reviewed by Tom Guthrie
• Josh Blackman (1996)
  How to use the Internet for Legal Research
  reviewed by Peter Clinch
• James Boyle (1996)
  Shamans, Software and Spleens: Law and the Construction of the Information Superhighway
  reviewed by Dr Philip Leith
• Clive Gringras (1997)
  Nabarro Nathanson: The Laws of the Internet
  reviewed by Megan MacGregor
• Charles H. Kennedy and M. Veronica Pastor (1997)
  An Introduction to International Telecommunications Law
  reviewed by Lesley Hitchens
• Thomas Smeddinghoff (1996)
  Online Law
  reviewed by Mark Gould

Conferences

• 12th BILETA Conference - The Future of Legal Education and Practice
  Richard Jones
• JURIX '96 - Foundations of Legal Knowledge Based Systems
  John Zeleznikow
• Internet Domain Names - New Proposals
  Shanthini Satyendra
• Computers, the Internet and Electronic Publishing - the Impact on Scots Law
  Nicola Clare
• Scrambling for Safety - Privacy, Security and Commercial Implications of the DTI's Proposed Encryption Policy
  Mark McLaughlin
• Society for Computers and Law (SCL)
  Elaine Kirkland
• The Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA)
  Peter Alldridge