Decisia now offers fully multilingual public and management interfaces which can be made available in any language. Individual Decisia clients can integrate multiple language versions to fulfil the requirements of any organization or government. Decisia is an online tool for decision-making bodies wishing to self-publish their decisions from their own website, intranet and extranet. The example below... Read more
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Pierre-Paul
Lemyre
Creating Mobile-Friendly Websites
This fourth blog post in a series of five is the sequel to “Extracting Metadata From the Body of Documents”. Another unexpected advantage of structured data is the flexibility it provides in relation with online display. The popularity of the mobile web has contributed to multiplying the number of devices of various screen sizes accessing […] Read more
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Decisia Continues to Increase its Market Shares in Q4 2014
During the last quarter of 2014, four organizations selected Decisia to improve the management and dissemination of their judicial/administrative decisions - the Office of the Chief Military Judge, the Judiciary of Rwanda, the Courts of the Northwest Territories and an agency from the financial sector. With 2014 coming to an end, Decisia has been deployed and is used by 19 organizations to manage and... Read more
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Add your personal notes to the Annotated Civil Code of Quebec by Lexum
Lexum has further improved the Annotated Civil Code of Quebec by integrating Qweri ’s notes feature. For several years, the Annotated Civil Code of Quebec made available online by Lexum stands out by facilitating access by article, advanced search and by providing links to Quebec case law citing each article. Now each user is also able to customize his version of the CCQ by adding his own notes and... Read more
Pierre-Paul
Lemyre
Extracting Metadata From the Body of Documents
This third blog post in a series of five is the sequel to “Converting Word files for the Web”. Getting usable HTML and PDF files out of original Word documents is one of the first steps to take in the operation of a legal information website, but it is not enough in itself. In addition […] Read more
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La Chaire Lexum – Lexum's commitment to improve access to legal information
On 11 November 2014, the Executive Committee of the Université de Montréal decided on the name "Chaire Lexum" to describe the research Chair used to continue the work undertaken by the Laboratoire Lexum from 1993 to 2010. At the same time, the objectives of the research Chair, access to legal information, law and justice as well as the consideration of issues related to the use of information technology... Read more
Pierre-Paul
Lemyre
Converting Word Files for the Web
This second blog post in a series of five is the natural sequel to “Making the Most Out of Word Templates and Styles”. Generating cleaner, more structured Word files is one thing. Converting them into file formats adapted for the web is another. Legal information websites require HTML and PDF versions that need to be […] Read more
Daniel
Poulin
Meaningful public access to legislation
03.11.2014 Tags: Free Access to Law Daniel Poulin, President of Lexum was a panelist at the Nudging Regulations conference by Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice in Ottawa on September 9th, 2014. See his slides below. Meaningful public access to legislation by Daniel Poulin, Emeritus professor, U. of Montreal, President, Lexum Inc. Can a statute or regulation... Read more
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Lexum launched its quarterly Newsletter!
Lexum has just launched its quarterly Newsletter which will cover the latest info on market trends, news and company updates. You can read the first edition here . If you like what you read, please subscribe to continue receiving the next editions of the Lexum Newsletter (only 4 per year). Click here to subscribe to the newsletter. Read more
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Create Your Own Annotated Federal Acts of Canada with Qweri
Lexum has made all Federal Acts of Canada available with Qweri for some months now and their popularity is growing rapidly. In addition to the linking of sections with caselaw, the mobile friendly interface and the powerful search, you can now add personal notes to your most often consulted legislative texts. To add your notes to the Federal Acts of Canada, first create an account with Qweri : Thereafter... Read more