TOOL SUPPORT FOR LEGAL ENQUIRY - Focus on spatial-planning law

Eriks Sneiders

2004

Abstract

An ideal “law machine” comprises a number of tools and technologies for data processing, storing, exchange, and retrieval. The paper identifies classes of tools and sample tools that support legal enquiry where spatial-planning and environmental law has been taken as the exemplar. Not only the traditional means of text processing and retrieval (e.g., search, taxonomy building, text mark-up, etc.) but also geographic information systems (GIS) and related standards are examined. Furthermore, a number of accompanying tools help to better utilize and make sense of the retrieved legal information. Except GIS, which is particularly convenient for spatial-planning legislation, the identified classes of tools are not specific to any particular area of law.

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Sneiders E. (2004). TOOL SUPPORT FOR LEGAL ENQUIRY - Focus on spatial-planning law . In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: PRIS, (ICEIS 2004) ISBN 972-8865-00-7, pages 289-294. DOI: 10.5220/0002675502890294


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@conference{pris04,
author={Eriks Sneiders},
title={TOOL SUPPORT FOR LEGAL ENQUIRY - Focus on spatial-planning law},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: PRIS, (ICEIS 2004)},
year={2004},
pages={289-294},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002675502890294},
isbn={972-8865-00-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: PRIS, (ICEIS 2004)
TI - TOOL SUPPORT FOR LEGAL ENQUIRY - Focus on spatial-planning law
SN - 972-8865-00-7
AU - Sneiders E.
PY - 2004
SP - 289
EP - 294
DO - 10.5220/0002675502890294