28.04.2008 Tags: Daniel Poulin, Free Access to Law Fifteen Years of Free Access to Law Daniel Poulin, LexUM, University of Montreal Abstract. Free access to law on the web began with the seminal initiative of two law professors at Cornell University in 1992. Rapidly, others researchers and professors adopted the idea, and created their own […] Read more
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Free Access to Law and Open Source Software
28.04.2007 Tags: Daniel Poulin, Pierre-Paul Lemyre, Free Access to Law, Open source Free Software Free Access to Law and Open Source SoftwareDaniel Poulin, Andrew Mowbray and Pierre-Paul Lemyre Abstract. Accessing basic legal information is of fundamental importance, however before the Internet, the provision of legal databases was entirely commercial and accessing it was costly. The Legal... Read more
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Reflex – Bridging Open Access with a Legacy Legal Information System
04.04.2005 Tags: Daniel Poulin, Ivan Mokanov, Free Access to Law Law via the Internet 2005 – Port Vila, November 17–19, 2005 Daniel POULIN, Éric PARÉ and Ivan MOKANOVLexUM/CanLII, Faculty of Law, University of Montréal IntroductionAccording to Black’s Law Dictionary, a citator is “a book or section of a book containing tables of cases or statutes […] Read more
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Open access to law in developing countries
06.12.2004 Tags: Daniel Poulin, Free Access to Law Open access to law in developing countriesby Daniel Poulin Securing a widespread and, whenever possible, free, access to legal information has become important everywhere. Open access has higher stakes in developing countries where access to law is often difficult. In this particular context, free access to statutes […] Read more
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Access to law in the french-speaking world: A renewed strategy
13.05.2004 Tags: Pierre-Paul Lemyre, Free Access to Law Bobson Coulibaly, Pierre-Paul Lemyre, François Viens Free access to legal material offers many advantages for participating countries. Free access reinforces national legal institutions while also ensuring the rule of law and strengthening democratic ideals. An increased visibility of law also bolsters its dissemination. Read more
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CanLII: How Law Societies and Academia Can Make Free Access to the Law a Reality
13.04.2004 Tags: Daniel Poulin, Free Access to Law, Electronic Access to Law in Canada Journal of Information, Law and TechnologyCanLII: How Law Societies and Academia Can Make Free Access to the Law a RealityDaniel Poulin Abstract: The production of law, whether by legislation, judicial rulings or jurisprudence essays, rightfully carries great prestige. Very little of […] Read more