A Public Index of Case Law References – The End of Multiple and Complex Citations

Legal Knowledge and Information Systems - JURIX 2006: The Nineteenth Annual Conference, Edited by Tom M. van Engers

10 Pages Posted: 25 Apr 2012

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Marc van Opijnen

Publications Office of the Netherlands

Date Written: September 15, 2006

Abstract

Case law citations are often lenghty and complex, despite the development of neutral citation standards. Within the Dutch judiciary a public index with more than 350,000 case law references is developed which makes the citing of references superfluous. This paper describes the realization of the index, the logical model and the interfaces. Some possible improvements are discussed, both in the logical model and in the way indexnumbers are assigned.

Keywords: legal informatics, case law citation

Suggested Citation

van Opijnen, Marc, A Public Index of Case Law References – The End of Multiple and Complex Citations (September 15, 2006). Legal Knowledge and Information Systems - JURIX 2006: The Nineteenth Annual Conference, Edited by Tom M. van Engers, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2046297

Marc Van Opijnen (Contact Author)

Publications Office of the Netherlands ( email )

Wilhelmina van Pruisenweg 52
The Hague, 2595 AN
Netherlands

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