Computers and the law: mechanised searching of legal documents, 1975-1977

This is a computer program designed to store and search the text of legal documents and to develop a small-scale working system which can be used by law students for practical searching in selected areas of statute and case law. The area of case law chosen for study was that relating to unfair dismi...

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Corporate Author: University of Kent (Author)
Format: Electronic Research Data
Language:English
Published: Colchester UK Data Service 1980
In:Year: 1980
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
computer applications
computer software
information retrieval
Information systems
Law
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Summary:This is a computer program designed to store and search the text of legal documents and to develop a small-scale working system which can be used by law students for practical searching in selected areas of statute and case law. The area of case law chosen for study was that relating to unfair dismissal. In the research programme, particular emphasis was placed on the development of a searching language to be used by lawyers and others in the interrogation of legal documents.
DOI:10.5255/UKDA-SN-1373-1