Two questions are of importance when discussing legal information retrieval: In my opinion, the triad of these building blocks – legal theory, technology and users – has to be taken into consideration when one asks how legal information retrieval can be improved. Carol Kuhlthau said in 1991: There appears to be a gap between the …
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11 November 2010 Annette Magnusson, Secretary General of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, opened the conference in her role as the chair for the day. She described that there is an unprecedented level of interconnection and interdependency (referring to a survey by IBM on capitalising on complexity). According to a recent …
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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. …
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 …
I listened to the seminar Livet efter Facebook, som vi ser det (Life after Facebook, as we see it) at Metamatrix today. Pär Lannerö talked about new trends on the web including real-time-web (information is flowing constantly), transparency (openness and sharing of information), filtering, web presence and social objects (discussions can emerge on small things, such as pictures or links). …
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