It is undeniable
that the increasing expansion of the so-called Knowledge Society has
deeply affected the legal structures of modern democracies. It is a
challenge for the Philosophy of Law to set forth legal-theoretical approaches
which are able to handle the changes caused by this new situation. In
this regard, Electronic Government might be defined as a both theoretical
and practical complex aimed to establish correct criteria for dealing
with legal activities in interconnected environments. The workshop looks
to develop fruitful interdisciplinary and legal-philosophical perspectives
to face the emerging interconnected world. The focus of the discussion
will be centred in the Administration of Justice
The Workshop
is not only a presentation of theoretical answers, but also an outcome
of the Legal
Informatics and Communications Technologies Studies (LIACTES) initiative,
activity directed to the Dissemination of Curriculum Development Advanced
supported by the Erasmus Programme, European Commission (1999-2003).
The major object of this project is to disseminate the results of several
models of teaching on legal informatics and communications technologies
as postgraduate and graduate degrees, built in the last years by 17
European Universities taking part in the project. With the models of
teaching it is pursued that the participant students in the respective
degrees, thanks to their specialization, obtain appropriate qualifications
to exercise their job in the context created by the knowledge society.
