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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 Heistracher
Legal 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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  • Published

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  • Published version

Publisher

IGI Global

Page range

173-190

Pages

295.0

Book title

Achieving open justice through citizen participation and transparency

Place of publication

Hershey, PA

ISBN

9781522507178

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  • Law Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Editors

Mila Gascó-Hernández, Carlos Jiménez-Gómez

Legacy Posted Date

2016-08-24

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2016-08-23

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