On the Internet, legal information is a sum of national laws. Even in a changing world, law is culturally specific (nation-specific most of the time) and legal concepts only become meaningful when put in the context of a particular legal system.…
Our purpose in this paper is to develop a system for the international sharing of Japanese legal information. We plan to promptly provide the Outlines of all the newly promulgated Japanese statutes in English, using machine translation. Structured…
A novel access to legislation project in the African island nation of Seychelles focused on producing a multi-format unofficial electronic collection of the most commonly cited laws, which can be used online or offline. People in Seychelles did not…
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…
This paper discusses aspects of economic analysis of law developed as a result of the current status quo on the continuous development of the Internet, as well as the required evolution of legal theory on intellectual property rights (IPRs). The…
L’ère de l’inventeur solitaire est révolue. La capacité des divers acteurs àcollaborer en mettant en commun des compétences et des points de vue différents,à échanger sans fuir les conflits, permet de parcourir des chemins inexplorés oumême de…
Open data is fuel for the future economy. Opening and sharing data owned by public bodies, communities and companies has an incredible economic value. This will potentially lead our society to a new data-driven thinking paradigm. They also enable a…
This note describes how collaboration among various providers of legal information can maximize the benefits for their respective users. The phenomenon is described from the perspective of two organizations heavily involved in providing access to law…
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…
