Introduction: Legal Informatics and the Conceptions of the Law

This article shows how the first generalized developments of legal informatics in the Civil Law systems were coherent with the dominant conception of the Law during the 70s and 80s. Today, that conception of the Law is in crisis, and it is possible to talk about a change in the mentality of jurists...

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Published inLaw and the Semantic Web pp. 18 - 24
Main Author Aguiló-Regla, Josep
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
Automatic Documentation
Information Retrieval System
Legal Knowledge
Legal Reasoning
Legal System
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Summary:This article shows how the first generalized developments of legal informatics in the Civil Law systems were coherent with the dominant conception of the Law during the 70s and 80s. Today, that conception of the Law is in crisis, and it is possible to talk about a change in the mentality of jurists as well. Both changes generate new spaces and further opportunities for legal informatics and for legal knowledge management.
ISBN:3540250638
9783540250630
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/978-3-540-32253-5_2