A manager's guide to IT law / / edited by Jeremy Holt and Jeremy Newton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139888303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Swindon, : British Computer Society, 2004
• ISBN: 1-906124-26-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (179 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): HoltJeremy; NewtonJeremy
• Disciplina: 343.410999
• Soggetti: Computers - Law and legislation - Great Britain; Information technology - Law and legislation - Great Britain
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Cover""; ""A Manager's Guide to IT Law""; ""The British Computer Society""; ""A Manager's Guide to IT Law""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Glossary""; ""Useful Organizations""; ""Preface""; ""1 IT Contracts""; ""2 Systems Procurement Contracts""; ""3 Implementing New Systems""; ""4 Avoiding Employment Problems""; ""5 Instructing an IT Consultant""; ""6 Intellectual Property Law for Computer Users""; ""7 Source Code Escrow""; ""8 Outsourcing""; ""9 Data Protection""; ""10 Doing Business Electronically""; ""11 Setting up Joint Ventures""""12 Resolving Disputes""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""
• Sommario/riassunto: This comprehensive guide for management professionals discusses the IT-related legal issues faced by business and their staff on a daily basis. Legal concepts and terminology are notoriously difficult for non-specialists to get to grips with, especially in the fast-moving field of IT. This book explains, in plain English, the most relevant legal frameworks, with examples from actual case law used to illustrate the kinds of problems and disputes that most commonly arise. Contents include IT Contracts; Systems Procurement Contracts; Implementing New Systems; Avoiding Employment Problems; Instructing an IT Consultant; Intellectual Property Law for Computer Users; Escrow; Outsourcing; Data Protection; Setting Up Joint Ventures; Resolving ; Disputes