Sylvia Kierkegaard

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Sylvia Mercado Kierkegaard is one of the world’s leading authorities in computer law. Her articles are widely published in top law and IT journals and books. She covers a wide range of topics, such as comparative contract law, alternative dispute resolution, intellectual property rights, EU law, privacy, electronic commerce and data protection. Her work is frequently cited in court judgements, and research papers. She has published books and over 2000 articles in journals, books, newspapers and magazines.

She is a frequent speaker in international conferences, editor-in-chief of the Journal of International Commercial Law and Technology, editor of two other international law journals, editorial board member of several law journals, correspondent for Computer Law and Security Report (Oxford-Elsevier)[1] - the world’s number one computer law journal, and conference- journal reviewer for numerous journals[2] and conferences.

She is a recipient of two national journalism awards. She was educated in Manila, England, US, Denmark and Netherlands. She has several postgraduate educations in Law, Business, Economics, Theology and Asian Studies, which she achieved with distinction. She has the distinction of finishing with the highest grade ever in the history of Danish education: the grade equivalent of Summa Cum Laude in the postgraduate program and completing the 2 year program in one year.[3]

Sylvia Kierkegaard is also known for organising successful international legal conferences and for espousing human rights and press freedom. She is also the President of the International Association of IT Lawyers (IAITL).

[edit] Recent publications

  • Declaration of Intent: A Legal Conundrum. Review of Central and East European Law, Volume 29, Number 4, 2004, pp. 457-473(17)
  • Online Alternative Dispute Resolution in EU Electronic Commerce Law (2004). www.djoef-forlag.dk/vare/8757411077
  • Blogs, lies and the doocing: The next hotbed of litigation? Computer Law & Security Report, Volume 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-136
  • Outlawing circumvention of technological measures going overboard: Hollywood style. Computer Law & Security Report, Volume 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-56
  • Privacy in electronic communication: Watch your e-mail: Your boss is snooping! Computer Law & Security Report, Volume 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 226-236
  • Taking a sledgehammer to crack the nut: The EU Enforcement Directive Computer Law & Security Report, Volume 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 488-495
  • Reading your keystroke: Whose Mail is it? Lectures in Computer Science, Trust, Privacy and Security in Digital Business, Volume 3592 / 2005. Springer.
  • Safe Harbour Agreement. Boon or Bane. Shidler Journal of Law, Commerce & Technology. 1 Shidler J.L.Com. & Tech. 10 (Aug. 2, 2005)
  • Thumbs Up for Deeplinking? Revista da Faculdade de Direito Milton Campos (Sep. 2006)
  • Clearing the legal barriers – Danish court upholds ‘deep linking’ in Home v. Ofir Computer Law & Security Report, Volume 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 326-332
  • Regulating Copyrights in Cyberspace (2004) in Shaping Business Strategy in the Ecommerce World. IEBC. pp. 1361-1367
  • Editor, CompLex (Computer Lex) Volume 3. 2006
  • Editor, Complex (Computer Lex) Volume 4. 2006
  • Legal Issues in Insurance Contracts in Electronic Commerce. Theory and Applications (2005) IEEE
  • Electronic Agents. A Different Liability Rule (2005) CODE
  • War Against Spam: Comparative Analysis of the US and EU Legal Approach (2005) IIMA
  • Re-Payments: Maintaining User Confidence in the EU.(2005) in International E-Business and E-Learning.
  • What Women (Men) Want. E Consumer’s Need and Right to Information (2005 )in International E-Business and E-Learning.
  • Two Steps Forward: No Step Backwards (Directive on Unfair Commercial Practice) (2005) in International E-Business and Learning.
  • Legal Conundrums in Cyber-Arbitration in E Commerce (2004) in E-Commerce. IADIS
  • Jurisdiction in Cyberspace in Information Management and Business IADIS
  • No Trespassing. Have License, Can Hyperlink (2005) in Proceedings of the 10th Annual Conference of APDSI.
  • Empowering E-Purchase in the Public Sector (2005) PACIS
  • Gearing the Knowledge Machine (KMS in the hotel industry). (2005) RTDC
  • Maximizing E-Tourism: Consumer Protection (2005) RTDC
  • Cracking Down on Cybercrime- Global Response: The Cybercrime Convention (2005) CIIMA Journal Volume 5 Issue 1
  • War Against Spam: Comparative Analysis of the US and EU Legal Approach (2005) CIIMA Journal. 2005 Volume 5 Issue
  • Legal Regulation of Electronic Signatures in Lithuania in E-Signature Law Journal (2005) Volume Two, Number 2
  • Going, going Gone! E-Procurement in the EU (2005) EBEL
  • Here Comes the "Cybernators" (2006) in Computer Law and Security Report, Volume 22 Issue 5 pp. 381-391
  • Clearing the legal barriers – Danish court upholds 'deep linking' in Home v. Ofir in Computer Law and Security Report Vol.22 Issue 4, pp.326-332
  • The New Media Landscape: Regulating the Idiot Boxes in Computer Law and Security Report Vol. 22 Issue 6 pp. 464-471

[edit] References

  1. ^ Computer Law & Security Report
  2. ^ International Journal of Intercultural Information Management (IJIIM)
  3. ^ Aarhus School of Business

[edit] External links

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