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Recent trends in information systems law

Published:01 May 1988Publication History

ABSTRACT

Legal issues in the information systems area have been among the more active areas of the law. Even with this activity, legislation and the courts have lagged information technology. This recent activity effects the information systems manager. This article examines recent information legal issues in the areas of employment and personnel, corporate liability, and copyright.

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            SIGCPR '88: Proceedings of the ACM SIGCPR conference on Management of information systems personnel
            May 1988
            216 pages
            ISBN:0897912624
            DOI:10.1145/57216
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            • E. M. Awad

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