Legal Informatics

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Course ID:	2200-1CWPP66
Erasmus code / ISCED:	10.0 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0421) Law The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Legal Informatics
Name in Polish:	Legal Informatics
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Law and Administration
Course groups:	(in Polish) Inne przedmioty dodatkowe w j. angielskim (in Polish) Inne przedmioty nieobowiązkowe (in Polish) Wykłady specjalizacyjne i konwersatoria dla III roku studiów prawniczych (in Polish) Wykłady specjalizacyjne i konwersatoria dla IV roku studiów prawniczych (in Polish) Wykłady specjalizacyjne i konwersatoria dla V roku studiów prawniczych
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	optional courses
Full description:	Legal Informatics 1. The subject of legal informatics. Relation to other sciences (statistics, jurimetrics, legal cybernetics, informatics). Sections of legal informatics. 2. Infomation about law. Definition of information (technical, semantics and pragmatic aspects). Content of legal data bases. Role of computer legal retrieval systems in modern society (axiological aspects). 3. Types of retrieval systems. Direct and indirect systems of searching. Typology of indirect systems used for retrieval of legal information. 4. Traditional systems of retrieval (hierarchic classifications and systems of subject headings) and their applications in computer systems. 5. Computer systems of legal retrival (technical aspects, structures of files used for retrival). 6. Index systems (typology, systems of assigning indexes, automatic indexing, files used for retrival - main vocabulary, inverted file, straight file). 7. Full-text systems (files used for retrival - text file, inverted file, straight file, reproduction register). Search instructions (logical and positional operators). Weighting searches. 8. Role of thesauruses in legal retrieval (definition, types of thesauruses). Thesauruses of synonyms (logical and linguistical concepts of symonymity). 9. Hierarchical thesauruses, associative thesauruses, statistical thesauruses, semantic maps. 10. New ideas in searching legal information. Conceptual systems. 11. Efficiency of retrival systems. Types of efficiency. Measures of efficiency. Analysis of users needs. Concepts of relevance and their applicability in searching legal information. 12. Legal intomation systems in the world (LEXIS, WESTLAW, IRETIJ, DATUM, CREDOC etc.). History of introduction of computer legal data bases in USA and Europe. 13. Automatic legal decision systems (ex. CASE). Arificial inteligence in law (expert systems). 14. Computer systems of legal information in European Community (EurLex, Curia, Epoque). 15. Polish legal information retrieval systems (LexPolonica, LEX, Legalis).
Bibliography:	(in Polish) 1. J. Petzel "Synonym Thesauruses In Computer Systems of Legal Information Retrieval", article in "Studia Iuridica" XXX 1995, nr 3-4 (p. 283-304) 2. J. Petzel "Statistical systems for computerized information retrieval", in the memorial book for profesor Karamajisa, Uniwersity of Pireus, Grece.
Learning outcomes:	(in Polish) Achieving general information about possibilities of using computers in law in theory and in some part in technics (EUR-LEX). Students should also get knowledge about future possibilities of legal informatics in the field of automatic decision making.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	(in Polish) The subject is credited by the way of oral exam and checking the presence. The activity of the students during lecture is also taking into the consideration.
Practical placement:	(in Polish) Does not concern

This course is not currently offered.

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