Burdens of proof : cryptographic culture and evidence law in the age of electronic documents / Jean-François Blanchette.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blanchette, Jean-François, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic evidence.

Data encryption (Computer science)--Law and legislation.

Data encryption (Computer science).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2012]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This work provides an examination of the challenges of establishing the authenticity of electronic documents - in particular the design of a cryptographic equivalent to handwritten signatures.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Communication in the Presence of Adversaries 17

3 On the Brink of a Revolution 39

4 The Equivalent of a Written Signature 63

5 Written Proof 93

6 Paper and State 123

7 The Cryptographic Imagination 159

8 Epilogue 187.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262301565

0262301563

9780262300803

026230080X

OCLC:

793206721

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.