Internet should be free/subject to minimal regulation – the classical neo-liberal argument.

The market can self regulate – there is no need for the State to interfere when businesses and commercial organisations will create technical solutions for economic reasons. Classic free market/economic rationale for the laissez-faire/non-interventionist approach.

Security is already higher in the virtual world than in the real world. That is the legislation is rendered otiose.

The law may ‘freeze’ or preserve technical developments. Technology may move quickly and thus legislation may become obsolete or indeed may stifle technological development. The example of quantum algorithms is particularly apposite.

European legislation, even if it addresses the concerns above, may be ineffectual due to its regional nature and regional limitations. Only a truly global, interdisciplinary and inclusive  approach will produce an effective legislative regime.

Topic Activities

Activity 1 (DG) 5 hrs

Identify the security problems related to real world transactions and analyse the solutions to these problems.

Act英语论文网 【http://www.51lunwen.org】ivity 2

Identify the security problems related to cyber transactions and analyse the solutions to these problems.

Activity 3

Is the online security threat more imagined than real?
Discuss.

Activity 4

Should cyber transactions be subject to a lex specialis regulatory regime or a lex generalis regulatory regime? Identify the problems raised by each system. 

Activity 5

Does Section 7 of the UK E-Communication Act 2000 guarantee the legality of e-signatures as required by the 1999 Directive or indeed the E-Commerce directive?
Discuss.
Further Reading

The Law of E-Commerce and the Internet in the UK and Ireland, 2006, Hedley, Cavendish, Ch. 5.
Paul Todd, E-commerce Law, 2005, Cavendish, Chapters 5-7.
-Reuters Business Insight: Technology: Understanding eSecurity (Available from Virtual Library)
RSA Security Inc (www.rsasecurity.com/experience/esecurity/) (Security video very useful) (Also “Quick Introduction to PKI”)
“Ten Risks of PKI: What You’re not Being Told about PKI” (Carl Ellison & Bruce Schneier Computer Security Journal Vol XVI No 1 2000) (www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/II/ECIS2001.html)
The Fundamental Inadequacies of Conventional PKI. “Thirteen Reasons to say ‘No’ 本文来自：英语论文网 【http://www.51lunwen.org】