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Openlaws.eu: open justice in Europe through open access to legal information
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posted on 2023-06-09, 02:37 authored by Thomas J Lampoltshammer, Andres GuadamuzAndres Guadamuz, Clemens Wass, Thomas HeistracherLegal texts represent a fundamental building block in all democratic states. As such, legal information must be accessible to all members of society to the widest possible extent, to aid inclusiveness and to enable participation in public decision-making. In recognition of this, the EU and its Member States work to make laws, court decisions, etc. publicly available online. The sheer mass of legal norms, instruments, and interpretations in court decisions, commentaries and other sources, makes it increasingly difficult for citizens, civil society, businesses, and all involved stakeholders in legal practices to locate the relevant law. The challenge is to interlink local legal information and to have structures in place to enrich this information through aggregation and mass customization. The technological possibilities to achieve this goal do exist. The European project openlaws.eu aims for initiating a platform and to develop a vision for Big Open Legal Data (BOLD): an open framework for legislation, case law, and legal literature from across Europe.
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Publication status
- Published
File Version
- Published version
Publisher
IGI GlobalExternal DOI
Page range
173-190Pages
295.0Book title
Achieving open justice through citizen participation and transparencyPlace of publication
Hershey, PAISBN
9781522507178Department affiliated with
- Law Publications
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Peer reviewed?
- Yes