2008
9th International Conference "Law via the Internet"
2008-11-13 15:17 Category: Conference | Free Access to Law
(EN) On 30th and 31st of October 2008, the 9th International Conference "Law via the Internet" was hosted in Florence, organized by the Institute of Legal Information Theory and Techniques of the Italian National Research Council (ITTIG-CNR), acting as a member of the Legal Information Institutes network (LIIs).
The first conference of this kind took place in Sidney, Australia, in 1997. In 2008 about 300 participants, from 39 countries of the 5 continents, attended the conference.
Methods of creation and access to legal data have been influenced a great deal by information and data transmission-technologies. This years conference focused on "digital legal information", analyzing its aspects in the light of the idea of freedom of digital legal culture and knowledge and of the technological progress that is shaping law. Knowledge of quality legal information makes it possible for citizens to exercise their democratic rights and safeguard the rules set by the judicial system.
The Conference Proceedings have been published: Law via the Internet. Free Access, Quality of Information, Effectiveness of Rights (Legal Information and Communication Technologies) (Paperback), Ginevra Peruginelli (Editor), Mario Ragona (Editor), 496 pages,
Publisher: European Press Academic Publishing (April 1, 2009), ISBN-10: 8883980581, ISBN-13: 978-8883980589. Order e.g. from Amazon.co.uk here.
The conference was opened by Nicola Palazzolo, Director of ITTIG, Federico Gelli, Vice-president of Region of Tuscany, Andrea Di Porto, Member of the Board of Directors of the CNR, and Daniel Poulin, Representative of LIIs. Frederico Gelli emphasised the new issue of illiteracy concerning access to Internet. 300 Million Euros are being spent at the moment in order to spread broadband connections. In addition 250 places with internet access are created, also providing assistance for using the Internet. Daniel Poulin opened with a short history of the legal information institutes (LII) around the world, starting 1992 with Tom Bruce at Cornell University. At the moment there are 25 LIIs world-wide. The main question being access to legal information vs access to legal justice. Read More...
The first conference of this kind took place in Sidney, Australia, in 1997. In 2008 about 300 participants, from 39 countries of the 5 continents, attended the conference.
Methods of creation and access to legal data have been influenced a great deal by information and data transmission-technologies. This years conference focused on "digital legal information", analyzing its aspects in the light of the idea of freedom of digital legal culture and knowledge and of the technological progress that is shaping law. Knowledge of quality legal information makes it possible for citizens to exercise their democratic rights and safeguard the rules set by the judicial system.
The Conference Proceedings have been published: Law via the Internet. Free Access, Quality of Information, Effectiveness of Rights (Legal Information and Communication Technologies) (Paperback), Ginevra Peruginelli (Editor), Mario Ragona (Editor), 496 pages,
Publisher: European Press Academic Publishing (April 1, 2009), ISBN-10: 8883980581, ISBN-13: 978-8883980589. Order e.g. from Amazon.co.uk here.
The conference was opened by Nicola Palazzolo, Director of ITTIG, Federico Gelli, Vice-president of Region of Tuscany, Andrea Di Porto, Member of the Board of Directors of the CNR, and Daniel Poulin, Representative of LIIs. Frederico Gelli emphasised the new issue of illiteracy concerning access to Internet. 300 Million Euros are being spent at the moment in order to spread broadband connections. In addition 250 places with internet access are created, also providing assistance for using the Internet. Daniel Poulin opened with a short history of the legal information institutes (LII) around the world, starting 1992 with Tom Bruce at Cornell University. At the moment there are 25 LIIs world-wide. The main question being access to legal information vs access to legal justice. Read More...
Minikonferens i allmän rättslära, 10-11 april 2008
2008-10-21 21:43 Category: Conference | Legal Theory
Reseberättelse från minikonferensen i rättsteori & allmän rättslära, Växjö universitet, 10-11 april 2008
(SW) Minikonferensen i rättsteori & allmän rättslära ägde rum den 10-11 april 2008 vid Växjö universitet. Syftet med den årliga konferensen är ett intellektuellt utbyte mellan rättsvetenskapare och möjligheten att knyta nya kontakter inom ämnet rättsteori och allmän rättslära. Föredragen hölls i första hand av doktorander som fick väldigt kloka och värdefulla synpunkter på sina avhandlingar. Read More...
(SW) Minikonferensen i rättsteori & allmän rättslära ägde rum den 10-11 april 2008 vid Växjö universitet. Syftet med den årliga konferensen är ett intellektuellt utbyte mellan rättsvetenskapare och möjligheten att knyta nya kontakter inom ämnet rättsteori och allmän rättslära. Föredragen hölls i första hand av doktorander som fick väldigt kloka och värdefulla synpunkter på sina avhandlingar. Read More...