IV.  Global PKI Legislation/Regulation
B.  Judicial Activities 

PKI Applications such as Secure Electronic Records use digital signatures to provide the security service of document integrity - assurance that the document has not been modified since the digital signature was affixed.

Spring 1998 - Cotter, B. Paul  <Nuclear Regulatory Commission> and Messing, John H. <Law-On-Line, Inc., jmessing@law-on-line.com>, "Electronic Court Filing in the Pima County Small Claims Court--Technical parameters, Adopted Solutions, and Some of the Legal Issues Involved," 38 Jurimetrics 397 (ABA Section of Science & Technology Spring 1998)

June 3, 1997 - Proposed Technical  Standards and Guidelines for Electronic Filing in the United States Courtsby the United States Judicial Conference, pursuant to the Dec 1, 1996 amendment of Fed. R. Civ. P. 5, Fed R. App. P. 25, and Fed R. Bankr P. 5005, courtesy of  Bob Williams and Dick Fisher of  Cohasset Associates, Inc.