1 10 62 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Journal of Open Access to Law Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cornell University Dataset Data encoded in a defined structure. Examples include lists, tables, and databases. A dataset may be useful for direct machine processing. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kingsley, Barbra Mathai, Amreeta S. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-02-23 Description An account of the resource When government notices are difficult to understand, making it difficult for intended users to navigate governmental systems, the consequences of failing to respond appropriately to such notices disproportionately negatively affects people from socio-economically marginalized communities, often with severe and long-term consequences to their lives. This paper will discuss current legal challenges in the United States to state Departments of Motor Vehicles’ practices of revoking or suspending the driver’s licenses for failure to pay traffic tickets without first providing them adequate notice of how to prevent or contest the suspension if they are unable to pay. People are less likely to understand confusingly presented information or be able appropriately act on it. People with limited financial means and limited literacy may lack the resources to hire someone to interpret poorly designed documents and are thus left unable to take the steps needed to protect themselves. This paper presents tools to analyze and evaluate the efficacy of government notices according to two questions: (1) Can the intended reader understand the notice?, and (2) How well does the notice inform that intended reader of the key messages? Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://ojs.law.cornell.edu/index.php/joal/article/view/112 Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Journal of Open Access to Law Relation A related resource https://ojs.law.cornell.edu/index.php/joal/article/view/112/102 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright (c) 2021 Journal of Open Access to Law Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Journal of Open Access to Law; Vol. 9 No. 1 (2021): Special issue on "Communicating the law and public information to vulnerable audiences"; 15 2372-7152 Title A name given to the resource “Giving Notice”: The Divergence Between Legal and Practical Assessments of How Well Government Notices Provide Information to Vulnerable Audiences Type The nature or genre of the resource info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Journal of Open Access to Law Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cornell University Dataset Data encoded in a defined structure. Examples include lists, tables, and databases. A dataset may be useful for direct machine processing. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cols, Florence Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-02-23 Description An account of the resource This paper explains how we rewrote the Belgian Letter of Rights. This is the document that arrested persons receive, which explains to them what their rights are: the right to remain silent, the right to obtain legal assistance, the right to receive medical help, etc. The problem is that this document is not appropriate for persons to correctly understand their rights, especially as they receive it in a stressful context. They are unaware of their rights, or they don’t know how to exercise their rights. We rewrote the Belgian Letter of Rights, in order to make it clear, understandable and efficient for persons under arrest.This paper presents the steps and methodology we followed.It also presents the results and impact we hope for this project. This impact is mainly to provide better access to justice because the first step towards justice is to understand rights and obligations. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://ojs.law.cornell.edu/index.php/joal/article/view/108 Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Journal of Open Access to Law Relation A related resource https://ojs.law.cornell.edu/index.php/joal/article/view/108/103 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright (c) 2021 Journal of Open Access to Law Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Journal of Open Access to Law; Vol. 9 No. 1 (2021): Special issue on "Communicating the law and public information to vulnerable audiences"; 10 2372-7152 Title A name given to the resource A Methodology to Rewrite the Belgian Letter of Rights Type The nature or genre of the resource info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Journal of Open Access to Law Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cornell University Dataset Data encoded in a defined structure. Examples include lists, tables, and databases. A dataset may be useful for direct machine processing. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Curtotti, Michael McCreath, Eric Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013-12-18 Description An account of the resource The widespread availability of legal materials online has opened the law to a new and greatly expanded readership. These new readers need the law to be readable by them when they encounter it. However, the available empirical research supports a conclusion that legislation is difficult to read if not incomprehensible to most citizens. We review approaches that have been used to measure the readability of text including readability metrics, cloze testing and application of machine learning. We report the creation and testing of an open online platform for readability research. This platform is made available to researchers interested in undertaking research on the readability of legal materials. To demonstrate the capabilities ofthe platform, we report its initial application to a corpus of legislation. Linguistic characteristics are extracted using the platform and then used as input features for machine learning using the Weka package. Wide divergences are found between sentences in a corpus of legislation and those in a corpus of graded reading material or in the Brown corpus (a balanced corpus of English written genres). Readability metrics are found to be of little value in classifying sentences by grade reading level (noting that such metrics were not designed to be used with isolated sentences). Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://ojs.law.cornell.edu/index.php/joal/article/view/16 Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Journal of Open Access to Law Relation A related resource https://ojs.law.cornell.edu/index.php/joal/article/view/16/17 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Journal of Open Access to Law; Vol. 1 No. 1 (2013) 2372-7152 Subject The topic of the resource readability legislation legal informatics corpus linguistics machine learning Title A name given to the resource A Right to Access Implies A Right to Know: An Open Online Platform for Research on the Readability of Law Type The nature or genre of the resource info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed article Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Journal of Open Access to Law Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cornell University Dataset Data encoded in a defined structure. Examples include lists, tables, and databases. A dataset may be useful for direct machine processing. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fioravanti, Chiara Romano, Francesco Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-10-13 Description An account of the resource In the present paper we will verify if and how the institutional guidelines on administrative document drafting of extra-EU countries, include recommendations on the use of visual elements to make the content of the institutional texts more comprehensible and the administrative procedures more accessible. This analysis had the ultimate goal of trying to make additional proposals for the Italian guidelines in order to make them more inclusive through a greater use of visual aspects. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://ojs.law.cornell.edu/index.php/joal/article/view/86 Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Journal of Open Access to Law Relation A related resource https://ojs.law.cornell.edu/index.php/joal/article/view/86/90 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright (c) 2019 Journal of Open Access to Law Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Journal of Open Access to Law; Vol. 7 No. 1 (2019): Special Issue on "Visual Law" 2372-7152 Title A name given to the resource Access to legal information for citizens and new citizens in Italy: using visual elements and adopting Legal Design methods to make administrative documents clearer and more effective. Type The nature or genre of the resource info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Journal of Open Access to Law Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cornell University Dataset Data encoded in a defined structure. Examples include lists, tables, and databases. A dataset may be useful for direct machine processing. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource O’Neill, John L Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-02-23 Description An account of the resource Accessibility is the means of enabling everyone to participate in society as independently as possible. People with disabilities are those most often concerned about accessibility because of the many barriers they continue to encounter. The United States has passed laws with the objective of making society more accessible. This includes access to information. Still, there are significant ableist attitudes that prohibit people with disabilities from having their right to information respected. Discussions about accessibility surged at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as people became more dependent on accessing information from the web. This article will explore different disability models to understand the oppression of people with disabilities. It will examine how the different principles and methods of Universal Design, Universal Design for Learning, and Inclusive Design can be combined in innovative ways to ensure that all citizens have access to information without barriers. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://ojs.law.cornell.edu/index.php/joal/article/view/107 Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Journal of Open Access to Law Relation A related resource https://ojs.law.cornell.edu/index.php/joal/article/view/107/107 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright (c) 2021 Journal of Open Access to Law Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Journal of Open Access to Law; Vol. 9 No. 1 (2021): Special issue on "Communicating the law and public information to vulnerable audiences"; 15 2372-7152 Title A name given to the resource Accessibility for All Abilities: How Universal Design, Universal Design for Learning, and Inclusive Design Combat Inaccessibility and Ableism Type The nature or genre of the resource info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Journal of Open Access to Law Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cornell University Dataset Data encoded in a defined structure. Examples include lists, tables, and databases. A dataset may be useful for direct machine processing. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Francesconi, Enrico Schmitz, Peter Sanmartin, Fulgencio Hajlaoui, Najeh Batouche, Brahim Stellato, Armando Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-09-28 Description An account of the resource The creation of Europe’s Digital Single Market requires interoperable multilingual resources in the Linguistic Linked Open Data (LLOD) cloud. The PMKI project aims to create a public multilingual knowledge management infrastructure, able to establish and manage interoperability between multilingual classification systems (like thesauri) and other language resources. In this paper the standards used by PMKI and a methodology for automatic mapping between multilingual resources, based on an information retrieval framework, is presented. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://ojs.law.cornell.edu/index.php/joal/article/view/79 Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Journal of Open Access to Law Relation A related resource https://ojs.law.cornell.edu/index.php/joal/article/view/79/76 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Journal of Open Access to Law; Vol. 6 No. 1 (2018) 2372-7152 Title A name given to the resource Automatic Alignment of Multilingual Resources in the Linguistic Linked Open Data Cloud Type The nature or genre of the resource info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed article Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Journal of Open Access to Law Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cornell University Dataset Data encoded in a defined structure. Examples include lists, tables, and databases. A dataset may be useful for direct machine processing. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Luttermann, Karin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-02-23 Description An account of the resource The rights of persons with disabilities have been strengthened in the past years. The impulse came from the passing of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its adoption in many parts of the world. In Germany, its ratification has led to numerous measures (laws, projects) for the creation of an inclusive society. Language is of special importance in this context. Easy Language is a form of barrier-free communication and is meant to make (specialist) information and (professional) communication accessible to certain target groups (among others, persons with mental disabilities, aphasia, German as a second language). It originated from practice-oriented work. Theoretically and empirically assessing its possibilities, potentials and limits urgently requires linguistic research, too. On a text linguistic basis, the contribution argues for the use of Clear Language and for a wider perspective on the concept of lay persons within expert-lay communication. The key question is how legal texts can be clearly formulated and conveyed to the addressees (including the average person)? – What is offered here is a sound solution: the Comprehensibility Model of Legal Language (“Rechtslinguistisches Versta?ndlichkeitsmodell”). Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://ojs.law.cornell.edu/index.php/joal/article/view/111 Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Journal of Open Access to Law Relation A related resource https://ojs.law.cornell.edu/index.php/joal/article/view/111/110 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright (c) 2021 Journal of Open Access to Law Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Journal of Open Access to Law; Vol. 9 No. 1 (2021): Special issue on "Communicating the law and public information to vulnerable audiences"; 11 2372-7152 Title A name given to the resource Be Clear! The Role of Clarity in Legal Communication Type The nature or genre of the resource info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Journal of Open Access to Law Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cornell University Dataset Data encoded in a defined structure. Examples include lists, tables, and databases. A dataset may be useful for direct machine processing. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bing, Jon Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013-12-18 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://ojs.law.cornell.edu/index.php/joal/article/view/23 Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Journal of Open Access to Law Relation A related resource https://ojs.law.cornell.edu/index.php/joal/article/view/23/27 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Journal of Open Access to Law; Vol. 1 No. 1 (2013) 2372-7152 Title A name given to the resource Celebrating Gnaeus Flavius and Open Access to Law Type The nature or genre of the resource info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Journal of Open Access to Law Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cornell University Dataset Data encoded in a defined structure. Examples include lists, tables, and databases. A dataset may be useful for direct machine processing. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Allbon, Emily Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-10-15 Description An account of the resource The law student learning experience is still a predominantly textual one in the UK; students are expected to do a significant amount of reading in preparation for lectures and tutorials. Research around transmedia and multimodality shows us that engagement levels can be much heightened when different formats are used in teaching materials. This piece gives insight into the creation of a resource aimed at inspiring UK teachers of law to use more visual methods of communicating the law. tl;dr: the less textual legal gallery, is a showcase of legal learning and communication materials focusing on visual and alternative modalities. Its collections are created by a diverse range of individuals, many in collaboration with students, illustrators, lawyers in practice and technologists. Artistic talent varies as does the reliance on tools. The paper also explores tools that may help law teachers be more visual in how they explain concepts and principles in law. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://ojs.law.cornell.edu/index.php/joal/article/view/96 Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Journal of Open Access to Law Relation A related resource https://ojs.law.cornell.edu/index.php/joal/article/view/96/93 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright (c) 2019 Journal of Open Access to Law Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Journal of Open Access to Law; Vol. 7 No. 1 (2019): Special Issue on "Visual Law" 2372-7152 Title A name given to the resource Changing mindsets: encouraging law teachers to think beyond text Type The nature or genre of the resource info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Journal of Open Access to Law Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cornell University Dataset Data encoded in a defined structure. Examples include lists, tables, and databases. A dataset may be useful for direct machine processing. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Neale, Thom Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013-12-18 Description An account of the resource This study uses simple statistical and functional analysis in conjunction with network analysis algorithms to examine the network of Canadian caselaw using data supplied by the Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII). The analysis reveals that indegree centrality and PageRank scores of caselaw within the network are effective predictors of the frequency with which those cases will be viewed on CanLII's website. Further, statistical and functional analysis of network rankings of each case over time suggest that cases typically cease to be cited in 3 to 15 years, depending on the jurisdiction, with the exception of Supreme Court of Canada decisions, which persist for 50 years. The study concludes that roughly 19% of Canada Supreme Court cases remain important despite the passage of time, whereas in all other jurisdiction, less than 3% of cases continue to be cited regularly over time.  Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://ojs.law.cornell.edu/index.php/joal/article/view/20 Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Journal of Open Access to Law Relation A related resource https://ojs.law.cornell.edu/index.php/joal/article/view/20/19 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Journal of Open Access to Law; Vol. 1 No. 1 (2013) 2372-7152 Subject The topic of the resource network analysis Title A name given to the resource Citation Analysis of Canadian Case Law Type The nature or genre of the resource info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed article