E-Government and Its Implications for Administrative Law: Regulatory Initiatives in France, Germany, Norway and the United States

ISBN-13: 9789067041416 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 228 str.

Prins, J. E. J.

Opis

Many countries recognise the potential of digital aids in providing information and services to citizens, organisations and companies. Recent developments have put pressure on the legislature to provide an adequate legal framework for electronic administrative communication. Thus, various countries have started to draft provisions in their administrative law in order to remove legal impediments that hamper electronic services from public administrations. This volume provides an overview and analysis of such legislative developments in France, Germany, Norway and the United States. What approach has been taken in these countries? What specific provisions have been formulated to facilitate electronic administrative communication and at what level? This book provides an in-depth analysis of the legislative projects in the various countries, and an insight into the differences in policy making, as well as the lessons that can be learned for future regulatory projects to amend administrative law for the digital era.

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Taking Administrative Law into the Digital Era; 1.1 Electronic government; 1.2 Electronic administrative procedures; 1.3 A survey of regulatory initiatives; 2. France; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The administrative system and problems in the light of electronic transactions; 2.3 Amending administrative procedure law to allow for electronic transactions; 2.4 Electronic communication versus traditional communication; 2.5 General conclusion; 3. Germany; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Legal requirements and impediments for the electronic communications of the public administration; 3.3 Amending administrative procedure law; 3.4 Electronic communication versus traditional communication; 3.5 Conclusion of the main findings; 4. Norway; 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Norwegian administrative law; 4.3 Case law; 4.4 Interaction between administrative and civil law; 4.5 Conclusions and main findings; 5. The United States; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Present practice; 5.3 Legislative action and initiatives for electronic communication; 5.4 Administrative law in the United States; 5.5 Requirements of the system relevant to electronic communication: IRS and USPTO and administrative law; 5.6 Problems under the present administrative system in the light of electronic communication; 5.7 Amending administrative procedure law; 5.8 Electronic communication versus traditional communication; 5.9 Conclusions and main findings; 6. Analysis; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Present situation; 6.3 Interplay between administrative law and civil law; 6.4 General versus detailed; 6.5 Rules on careful communication; 6.6 Electronic signatures; 6.7 Traditional versus electronic communication; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; About the authors; The IT & law series - List of titles.

Blurb

Worldwide, the urge is being felt to pave the way towards the introduction of an electronic government. Many countries recognise the potential of digital aids in providing information and services to citizens, organisations and companies. Recent developments have put pressure on the legislature to provide an adequate legal framework for electronic administrative communication. Thus, various countries have started to draft provisions in their administrative law in order to remove legal impediments that hamper electronic services from public administrations.

Written by specialists from different countries, E-Government and its Implications for Administrative Law provides an overview and analysis of such legislative developments in France, Germany, Norway and the United States. What approach has been taken in these countries? What specific provisions have been formulated to facilitate electronic administrative communication and at what level? What requirements are introduced to gain sufficient trust in electronic service delivery? In providing an in-depth analysis of the legislative projects in the various countries, this book gives a glance at the differences in policy making as well as the lessons that can be learned for future regulatory projects to amend administrative law for the digital era. 

This is Volume 1 in the Information Technology and Law (IT&Law) Series