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*** Announcement ***


JURIMETRICS

Winter 1998

Special Issue on Public Key Infrastructure

(Security in Electronic Commerce: Technology, Infrastructure and
Practices for Certification Authorities and Digital Signatures)



I. Contents of this Solicitation

· General Information
· Call for Papers
· Criteria for Papers
· Submission Information
· Important Dates
· Virtual Conference
· Organization
· Inquiries


 II. General Information

We are pleased to announce the planned publication of a special issue of
the Jurimetrics Journal of Law, Science and Technology that will
exclusively address public key infrastructure (PKI) -- the law and
technology of certificate-based digital signatures and secure electronic
commerce. This announcement solicits articles for consideration for this
special Winter 1998 issue, which is intended as a forum for attorneys,
technologists, developers, and users interested in the legal aspects and
implications of PKI.

Jurimetrics Journal of Law, Science and Technology, published quarterly, is
the journal of the American Bar Association Section of Science and
Technology and the Center for the Study of Law, Science and Technology of
the Arizona State University College of Law.

The Information Security Committee, Electronic Commerce Division, Section
of Science and Technology of the American Bar Association (ISC) explores
and develops legal policy and foundation to support PKI and secure
electronic commerce. The ICS's current endeavors include research and work
product concerning: accreditation of certification authorities, commercial
key escrow guidelines, PKI evidentiary issues, digital signature
legislative initiatives, CA and user liability, and other legal issues
relating to secure electronic commerce. The discussions are moderated by
the relevant Work Groups of the ISC, and the ISC is open to professionals
of all disciplines with similar interests. In August l996, the ISC
published the Digital Signature Guidelines.  See Tutorial, Table of
Contents, and List of Contributors of the Digital Signature Guidelines at
http://www.abanet.org/scitech/ec/isc/dsg-tutorial.html.


 III. Call for Papers

 Papers are invited on all subjects related to applications of PKI and
their corresponding legal issues. The special edition is structured as
follows:

· Preface
· Introduction
· Tutorial, Architecture and Technology
· International Issues
· Liability, Contractual, Intellectual Property, and other Substantive
Legal Issues
· Government - Legislative, Regulatory, Policy, Enforcement
· Accreditation of Certification Authorities (including licensure and other
quality issues)
· Miscellaneous

Papers submitted should be concise and focused on the kernel rather than
exhaustive detail of new ideas intended to be communicated.  Papers should
not restate basic PKI technology but instead refer to the common tutorial
located in the introductory materials.

We thank you in advance for your submissions to this special issue of
Jurimetrics on PKI.


IV. Criteria for Papers

Preference will be given to papers that comply with the following criteria:

· are no longer than 8,000 words (under 10 pages, 12 point type, single spaced)
· provide appropriate annotation
· include URLs in annotations, where available
· consider both legal and technical issues/implications
· involve joint authorship between a lawyer and technologist
· are original works not previously published elsewhere
· conformance to the instructions for prospective Jurimetrics authors
posted at    http://www.asu.edu/law/jurimetrics/author.htm


 V. Submission Information

Send brief but informative abstract of one or two pages as an email
attachment to jurimetrics@cnidr.org. If possible, please use Word 6.0
(Office 95) to facilitate handling. A one paragraph bio is also requested
but not required.


 VI. Important Dates

· Abstracts must be submitted by: 25 June 1997
· Deadline for submission of drafts: 15 October 1997
· Final version ready, after all cite checks and editorial changes: 31
December 1997
· Publication of Jurimetrics special issue on PKI: February 1998


VII. Virtual Conference

All papers accepted to Jurimetrics Winter 1998 special issue on PKI will
appear in full or abstract form in a Virtual Conference Center hosted by
the ISC.  The PKI community will have the opportunity to participate in
discussions with the authors using e-mail and the World Wide Web. The
Virtual Conference Center will feature a variety of electronic for a
moderated by leading PKI experts for the facilitation of communication
within the virtual PKI/law & technology community.


VIII. Organization for the Jurimetrics Special Issue on PKI

Guest Editor-in-Chief:

     Michael S. Baum, Esq., VP, Practices and External Affairs, VeriSign, Inc.

  Associate Guest Editors:

     Joseph H. Alhadeff, Esq., Director, Electronic Commerce, U.S. Council
for Int'l Business (USCIB)
     Warwick Ford, Ph.D., Director, Advanced Technology, Verisign, Inc.
     Theodore Ling, Esq., Baker & McKenzie, Toronto, Ontario.
     Charles R. Merrill, Esq., McCarter & English, Newark, NJ.
     Arthur F. Purcell, J.D., International Project Specialist, US Patent &
Trademark Office
     Ruven Schwartz, Esq., Info. Security, West Group Business Manager


XI. Inquiries

If you need help or have questions which are not answered in the above
information, please e-mail: jurimetrics@cnidr.org

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