https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/17621 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:02:32 GMT 2026-04-04T22:02:32Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/94652 Title: Liability for medical expert systems : an introduction to the legal implications Authors: Cannataci, Joseph A. Abstract: Some of the possible legal implications of the production, marketing and use of expert systems are examined in this paper. The relevance of a legally useful definition of expert systems, comprising systems designed for use by both laymen and professionals, is related to the distinctions inherent in the legal doctrine underlying provision of goods and provision of services. The liability of the sellers and users of, and contributors to, expert systems are examined in terms of professional malpractice as well as product liability. A recurring theme indicates that legislators may be inclined to restrict possibilities of liability suits in order to avoid disincentives to the creation of expert systems. Sun, 01 Jan 1989 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/94652 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/94651 Title: Law, liability and expert systems Authors: Cannataci, Joseph A. Abstract: This paper examines some of the possible legal implications of the production, marketing and use of expert systems. The relevance of a legally useful definition of expert systems, comprising systems designed for use both by laymen and professionals, is related to the distinctions inherent in the legal doctrine underlying provision of goods and provision of services. The liability of the sellers and users of, and contributors to, expert systems are examined in terms of professional malpractice as well as product liability. A recurring theme indicates that legislators may be inclined to restrict possibilities of liability suits in order to avoid disincentives to the creation of expert systems. Sun, 01 Jan 1989 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/94651 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/94650 Title: European Union privacy and data protection principles : compatibility with culture and legal frameworks in Islamic states Authors: Sant, Mireille M.; Cannataci, Joseph A. Abstract: Information Communications Technology (ICT) law has developed rapidly during the past 15 years within the European Union (EU). The Directives on Data Protection, Databases, Software and the Internet (to mention but a few) have together formed a corpus representing various layers of legal principles of varying importance. Some of these, like Directive 95/46, essentially are designed to protect fundamental human rights principles such as the right to private life. Recent events such as the negotiations over personal data transfer issues to the United States highlight the importance of such legal instruments and their transnational impact outside the boundaries of the EU. While much attention has been focused on EU 95/46 and transborder data flows to/from North America and G7 countries, little attention has been paid to the impact/compatibility of such laws vis-à-vis North African and Middle Eastern states where Islamic culture or Islamic law underlies much of everyday legal practice. This article attempts to identify the extent to which the principles of European Charter on Human Rights Articles 8 and 10 are to some extent established/respected within North African and Middle Eastern states and consequently the extent to which data protection laws are in (or could conceivably be brought into) place in a way that would ensure de facto compatibility with the requirements of EU 95/46. This issue is becoming of greater importance as more and more EU-based industries move their operations to North African and Islamic law states in order to take advantage of lower labour costs. Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/94650 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/94649 Title: Foreword : Internet governance Authors: Cannataci, Joseph A.; Mifsud Bonnici, Jeanne Pia Abstract: On the 13 February 2007, a meeting was organised at the United Nations (UN) in Geneva to discuss the outcome of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held in Athens in autumn 2006. This February Geneva meeting was described as being ‘a stock-tacking’ occasion and also served to prepare for the next IGF annual meeting scheduled to be held in Rio de Janeiro in November 2007. The next IGF meetings are all lined up. ‘The Governments of India and Egypt offered to host the 2008 and 2009 IGF meetings respectively, while the Governments of Lithuania and Azerbaijan made a bid for the 2010 meeting.’ Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/94649 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z