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Announcement

JURIMETRICS

Spring 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 double 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 Spring 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 Law 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 ISC'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.

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 posted instructions for prospective Jurimetrics authors.

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 received by 20 September 1997 (if not already submitted)

Detailed outlines must be received by 5 November 1997

Drafts of articles must be received by 10 December 1997

Final versions ready after all cite checks and editorial changes by 15 February 1998

Publication of Jurimetrics special issue on PKI: May 1998

VII. Virtual Conference

All papers accepted to Jurimetrics Spring 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 with the authors using e-mail and the World Wide Web. The Virtual Conference Center will feature a variety of electronic fora moderated by leading PKI experts for the facilitation of communication within the virtual PKI / law & technology community.