Free Access to Law
10th International "Law via the Internet" Conference D2
2009-11-27 15:07
Day two at the The 10th International "Law via the Internet" Conference, started with a Keynote Address by Graham Greenleaf, Co-Director of the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII).
Greenleaf outlined eight strategies that can support the aims of the Free Access to Law Movement which include maximizing free access, assisting local organisations and an implied goal of high quality. Among the eight strategies he mentioned were encouragement of all Legal Information Institutes (also small ones), the essential right of republication of governmental works (especially in maintaining workflows), broadening of LII content, publishing legal scholarship and the importance of subject-specific libraries.
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Greenleaf outlined eight strategies that can support the aims of the Free Access to Law Movement which include maximizing free access, assisting local organisations and an implied goal of high quality. Among the eight strategies he mentioned were encouragement of all Legal Information Institutes (also small ones), the essential right of republication of governmental works (especially in maintaining workflows), broadening of LII content, publishing legal scholarship and the importance of subject-specific libraries.
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10th International "Law via the Internet" Conference D1
2009-11-26 15:03
The 10th International "Law via the Internet" Conference, was held in Durban, South Africa, 26 - 27 November 2009, hosted by Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII)
The Law via the Internet Conference is an initiative of the Legal Information Institutes worldwide that constitute the Free Access to Law Movement. The principles of the Free Access to Law Movement are described in the Montreal Declaration on Free Access to Law.
The theme of the 10th "Law via the Internet" conference was Global Free Access to Law and Developing Countries: Impact, Challenges and Networks.
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The Law via the Internet Conference is an initiative of the Legal Information Institutes worldwide that constitute the Free Access to Law Movement. The principles of the Free Access to Law Movement are described in the Montreal Declaration on Free Access to Law.
The theme of the 10th "Law via the Internet" conference was Global Free Access to Law and Developing Countries: Impact, Challenges and Networks.
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9th International Conference "Law via the Internet"
2008-11-13 15:17
(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...