Research project Legal Information as a Tool - Legal Sources, Technology and Users
PhD project that aims to examine legal information retrieval, the concept of legal information within the framework of the doctrine of legal sources and the information-seeking behavior of lawyers.
The thesis argues that there is a discrepancy between technical solutions for legal information retrieval and the idea of a generally accepted authoritative doctrine of legal sources.
Some of the challenges of legal information retrieval concern the ambiguity of language, commercialization of search algorithms and a general information overload. Due to the diversity of these matters, finding a one-fits-all solution will prove difficult. The thesis will, however, suggest some tools that could improve legal information retrieval and decrease the gap between technology and the doctrine of legal sources.
Supervisor
Prof. Mauro Zamboni
Project members
Project managers
Christine Storr
Univ. adjunkt
More about this project
Presentation (DE) on Kooperation von Rechtsinformation und AnwenderInnen at IRIS 2015, Internationales Rechtsinformatik Symposion, Universität Salzburg, Austria, 26-28 February 2015, presentation available at https://www.haikudeck.com/iris-2015-education-presentation-iRl0k0gr8m
Presentation (DE) on Rechtsquellen: ganze Teile oder Teile eines ganzen?, at IRIS 2009, Internationales Rechtsinformatik Symposion, Universität Salzburg, Austria, 26-28 February 2009
Presentation (EN) on The “i” in legal information retrieval, at IT Regulations and Policies - from theory into practice, XXIII:e Nordiska konferensen i rättsinformatik, Stockholm, Sweden 17-19 November 2009