The Mexican electoral process: the perpetuation of fraud by restriction of citizen access to electoral information

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Computer-based electoral systems have not succeeded in ensuring Mexican citizens of legitimate elections, but increased automation combined with nonpartisan oversight will improve democratic processes in Mexico. Elections run by the leading party, PRI, have increasingly subject to fraud charges, and the PRI instituted the Federal Code of Electoral Institutions and Procedures in 1990. The Code's success has been limited because the decision-making bodies involved are still dominated by the PRI. The electoral process may be improved by the plurality government elected in 1994.

Elections, Mexico, Ethical aspects, Election fraud, Election monitoring

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Restatement (Second) of Torts section 324A: an innovative theory of recovery for patients injured through use or misuse of health care information systems

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Section 324A of the Restatement (Second) of Torts could be used against health care information system vendors when a patient has been harmed due to some error in the system, but the possibility of holding such vendors liable raises public policy questions. Section 324A does appear to be useful in this instance because it makes service providers liable for harm to a third party when the protection of that third party is part of the service rendered. Application of tort law may, however, chill the willingness of companies to develop information systems for health care use.

Hospitals, Information services, Tort liability, Tort liability of hospitals, states

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A functional approach to information upon the convergence of communication and information processing

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Computer technology is dynamic and this quality should be emulated in the practice of law. It was difficult to introduce computer law because the creativity of this field has stopped coming naturally to lawyers. These difficulties led to the founding of the Computer Law Association. Teaching computer law was also usually overlooked by law schools. Computer scientists had to test and retest their inventions and this same process should be applied to facts and law. The computer age is also an ideal time for further developments in copyright.

Analysis, Information technology, Technology application, Law offices

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