The monograph, written by 21 authors, including most of the members of the programme group, discusses comprehensively a range of topical legal issues of the information society that had not yet been studied before in Slovenian legal theory. The content is divided into the following chapters: 1. Private Law Issues of the Internet 2. Intellectual Property in Information Society 3. Procedural Issues in the Internet Environment 4. Information Technology in the Field of Public Law 5. The Influence of Information Technologies on the Legal System
COBISS.SI-ID: 273409280
Open content consists of intellectual creations that anyone is allowed to use for any purpose without obtaining a specific permission from their creator or from anyone else. The topic of the book is that open content that is protected by intellectual property rights, but has been licensed by its creators to everyone to use freely, thus expanding the free use of creative works beyond the sphere of public domain. Open content has been developing rapidly in the field of computer programmes (Linux, Android) and other electronic content (Wikipedia, Creative Commons); there is also a noticeable trend towards open access to scientific publications (open access publishing). Free licences permit the use of open content on generous terms, which require only that the free use of the work is maintained and that its creator is duly credited. The book outlines the reasons for the use of free licences, the categories of such licences and their specific provisions. The author examines the manner of granting free licences and their effects in terms of copyright, industrial property law and contract law; he outlines the rights and obligations arising from free licences for the users of open content. The main finding is that free licences are a valid legal mechanism in Slovenian law, and that the open content thus created can be successfully defended against the offenders before the courts. The last chapter is devoted to the consideration of the potential long-term consequences of such an open content creation for the current system of intellectual property law.
COBISS.SI-ID: 259330304
The Property and Trust Law volume of the International Encyclopaedia of Laws series deals with the diversity of rights and interests in all kinds of property. Property law has developed along different lines in diverse legal families, so this country-by-country analysis takes a functional approach to the subject matter. The perception that legal solutions, concepts, terms and mechanisms vary, and may even seem to be diametrically opposed, should not conceal the fact that such solutions are often functionally equivalent, in spite of their technical or conceptual differences. The issues of the issue of computerization of the land registry and the associated reform of land registry law are relevant for the subject of the research programme.
COBISS.SI-ID: 11005009
In the first part of the article, I describe the origins of neoliberal developmental states in CEE. I start with the outline of administrative reforms during the age of the Washington consensus and examine how the neoliberal legal policies and theories affected the administrative structures built in that period. I try to show that under the influence of the neoliberal "rule of law" model CEE developed a distinct, neoliberal developmental state. During the early stage of administrative reforms, they followed a one-size-fits-all approach and hastened to transplant various Westernstyle administrative structures without paying sufficient attention to social context and disregarding the policy relevance of such rules. I use the example of civil service reforms because they were at the epicenter of the first stage of administrative reforms. In the second part of the article, I discuss the EUinspired innovation development policies, which gradually emerged as a major albeit truncated version of developmental policy in CEE. But then again, the inadequacy of the administrative structures built during the early stage of transition turned out to be one of the key inhibiting factors that prevented these new development policies from succeeding. However, as the Strategy for Poland, the only alternative development strategy to the Washington consensus in the region shows, selection of adequate economic policies is as important as the creation of adequate legal and political institutions. Poland achieved remarkable economic results with institutions which were considered to be inadequate by actors like the EU, the World Bank and IMF. I conclude with general observations about the importance of CEE examples for development policies of other middleincome countries (MICs) in the region.
COBISS.SI-ID: 13198417
State authorities, in carrying out their duties, produce large quantities of materials that qualify for protection by copyright or related rights. Official legislative, administrative and judicial texts are not afforded protection by copyright, so anyone can use them freely. Other types of works are subject to the general rules of copyright law, which places the state among the largest holders of copyright and related rights. The existence of exclusive rights can hinder the dissemination and reuse of public sector information and materials. The paper deals with the question of whether and to what purposes the government needs to own copyright and related rights in its works. Several models of rights-management are discussed that could be used to relax the possibilities of a wider use and reuse of public sector works.
COBISS.SI-ID: 10909777