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Project Co-ordinator: Dr.-Ing. Christian J. Langenbach
Memorandum: C. J. Langenbach, O. Ulrich (Eds.): Elektronische Signaturen. Kulturelle Rahmenbedingungen einer technischen Entwicklung., Springer 2002 (Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment, Volume 12)
Duration: 9/99–12/01
Funding: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Electronic Signatures. Cultural Rules and Moral Responsibility
Electronic signatures are broadly seen as the basic technology of secure and legally binding digital communication and the world of e-commerce. In order to guarantee the reliability and trust-worthiness of technically-mediated communication in open networks as well as between anonymous partners, high expectations are put on the technical and legal formation of the technology.
In addition, this highly complex technology raises new economic, sociological, psychological and philosophical questions: With the transition from the handwritten to the electronic signature (nothing less than a global culture-change), this formation necessitates an interdisciplinary and international perspective.
Project Group
Dr. rer.pol. Otto Ulrich, Bonn (Chair);
Professor Dr. sc. phil. Gerhard Banse, Karlsruhe;
Dr. jur. Helmut Bäumler, Kiel;
Professor Dr. jur. Jos Dumortier, Leuven;
Dr. jur. Riccardo Genghini, Mailand;
Professor Dr. phil. Andrzej Kiepas, Katowice;
Professor Dr. jur. Bernd Lutterbeck, Berlin;
Dr. phil. Petr Machleidt, Prag;
Professor Dr. rer. nat. Andreas Pfitzmann, Dresden;
Professor Dr. phil. Georg Rudinger, Bonn;
Professor Dr. sc. pol. Reinhard Voßbein, Wuppertal.
Project Co-ordinator: Dr.-Ing. Christian J. Langenbach
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