Title :
Potential theories of legal liability for defective expert system software
Author :
Sprague, Robert D. ; Berkowitz, Leslie G.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Law, Denver Univ., CO, USA
Abstract :
The authors review legal theories of liability for defective software as well as other emerging theories which may be applied to expert system software´s new roles in American society. The purpose of this work is to allow expert system developers to understand in advance the performance standards to which they potentially may be held. It is concluded that legal theories will have to be expanded in order to directly establish tort liability due to defects in the software
Keywords :
expert systems; legislation; standards; defective software; expert system software; legal liability; performance standards; Contracts; Diagnostic expert systems; Economic forecasting; Expert systems; Law; Legal factors; Medical expert systems; Programming profession; Software systems; Standards development;
Conference_Titel :
Managing Expert System Programs and Projects, 1990. Proceedings., IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bethesda, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2059-5
DOI :
10.1109/MESPP.1990.122692
