Law-abiding and integrity on the Internet: A case for agents

Artificial Intelligence and Law

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 5-37

  Brazier, Frances ^a   Oskamp, Anja ^a   Prins, Corien ^b   Schellekens, Maurice ^b   Wijngaards, Niek ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agent migration; Agent platforms; Integrity; Legal aspects; Liability; Software agents

Indexed keywords

COPYRIGHTS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SECURITY OF DATA; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

AGENT MIGRATION; AGENT PLATFORMS; INTEGRITY; LEGAL ASPECTS; LIABILITY;

INTERNET;

EID: 16244396182     PISSN: 09248463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10506-004-6250-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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