there is a new desire in
the free public access to law movement to include not just primary materials of legislation and case law, but also secondary materials such as treatises and law journal articles (or doctrine) in the systems.
this concept of
free public access to law has grown to 22 organizations world - wide; I was pleasantly surprised to learn of movements in Africa, South America, and Europe;
Not exact matches
In January 2012, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, or USDA, finalized its updated nutritional standards for school meals in keeping with the Healthy Hunger -
Free Kids Act of 2010 (
Public Law No. 111 - 296), which reauthorized the school meal programs and placed an emphasis on the need
to improve
access to healthy foods in schools.
The
law requires local governments
to set up
public libraries in their districts, provide
free library
access, and organize
public events.
To achieve the vision of universal access, someone needed to provide a free, public, and standardized infrastructure that creates a balance between the reality of the Internet and the reality of copyright law
To achieve the vision of universal
access, someone needed
to provide a free, public, and standardized infrastructure that creates a balance between the reality of the Internet and the reality of copyright law
to provide a
free,
public, and standardized infrastructure that creates a balance between the reality of the Internet and the reality of copyright
laws.
The outdated
law gives mining companies «
free and open
access»
to the majority of U.S.
public land without taxpayer compensation.
[This is the first of a two - part column on open
access and
public access to Canadian legal scholarship within the
free law movement.
«This is obviously a step forward,» says Michael Lissner, executive director of the
Free Law Project, a Berkeley, California - based nonprofit that promotes better
public access to legal materials online.
«CanLII's Road Map» described a vision of a «new, original resource, offering
free access to all primary sources of
law» that would be «set up for the benefit of members of the Canadian legal profession and the Canadian
public in general.»
The Declaration on
Free Access to Law affirms: that public legal information from all countries and international institutions is part of «the common heritage of humanity;» that maximizing access to this information promotes justice and the rule of law; that public legal information is «digital common property» and should be accessible to all on a non-profit basis and free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right to publish public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should provide access to it so that it can be published by other part
Free Access to Law affirms: that public legal information from all countries and international institutions is part of «the common heritage of humanity;» that maximizing access to this information promotes justice and the rule of law; that public legal information is «digital common property» and should be accessible to all on a non-profit basis and free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right to publish public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should provide access to it so that it can be published by other pa
Access to Law affirms: that public legal information from all countries and international institutions is part of «the common heritage of humanity;» that maximizing access to this information promotes justice and the rule of law; that public legal information is «digital common property» and should be accessible to all on a non-profit basis and free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right to publish public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should provide access to it so that it can be published by other parti
Law affirms: that
public legal information from all countries and international institutions is part of «the common heritage of humanity;» that maximizing
access to this information promotes justice and the rule of law; that public legal information is «digital common property» and should be accessible to all on a non-profit basis and free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right to publish public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should provide access to it so that it can be published by other pa
access to this information promotes justice and the rule of
law; that public legal information is «digital common property» and should be accessible to all on a non-profit basis and free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right to publish public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should provide access to it so that it can be published by other parti
law; that
public legal information is «digital common property» and should be accessible
to all on a non-profit basis and
free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right to publish public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should provide access to it so that it can be published by other part
free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right
to publish
public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should provide
access to it so that it can be published by other pa
access to it so that it can be published by other parties.
The proper solution would be
public free access, available
to everyone, on the LII model within the
free access to law movement.
school
law claims involving the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act and Title IX claims alleging denial of
access to a
free, appropriate
public education;
1898)(«no one can obtain the exclusive right
to publish the
laws of a state»)(Harlan, J., sitting by designation); Nash v. Lathrop, 142 Mass. 29, 6 N.E. 559 (Mass. 1886)(«Every citizen is presumed
to know the
law thus declared, and it needs no argument
to show that justice requires that all should have
free access to the opinions, and that it is against sound
public policy
to prevent this, or
to suppress and keep from the earliest knowledge of the
public the statutes or the decisions and opinions of the justices.»).
Both
Free Law Project and PlainSite are fighting the good fight for
public access to court information — information that should be
public in the first place, but isn't.
What's especially noteworthy about
Free the Law, though, and what distinguishes it from other preservation initiatives, is that it provides for the preservation of historical legal materials in connection with free, public access to them, on the conviction that access to legal information promotes access to just
Free the
Law, though, and what distinguishes it from other preservation initiatives, is that it provides for the preservation of historical legal materials in connection with
free, public access to them, on the conviction that access to legal information promotes access to just
free,
public access to them, on the conviction that
access to legal information promotes
access to justice.
They have addressed themselves
to a market they know well (Nova Scotia's practicing bar,
law students and the general
public, especially self - represented litigants) and they have identified a definite information need (a
free -
access resource
to interpreting and understanding the new Civil Procedure Rules).
It has nearly 1.5 million documents across over 300 case
law and legislative collections, and at nearly 10 million visits in 2014 is quite likely the most used legal information resource in Canada and unquestionably essential
to supporting the work of the legal profession, the courts and the
public interest in
free access to law.
In October 2015, Harvard
Law School and Ravel Law today announced the Caselaw Access Project, an initiative to digitize and make available to the public for free Harvard's entire collection of U.S. case law, which it says is the most comprehensive and authoritative database of American law and cases available anywhere outside the Library of Congre
Law School and Ravel
Law today announced the Caselaw Access Project, an initiative to digitize and make available to the public for free Harvard's entire collection of U.S. case law, which it says is the most comprehensive and authoritative database of American law and cases available anywhere outside the Library of Congre
Law today announced the Caselaw
Access Project, an initiative
to digitize and make available
to the
public for
free Harvard's entire collection of U.S. case
law, which it says is the most comprehensive and authoritative database of American law and cases available anywhere outside the Library of Congre
law, which it says is the most comprehensive and authoritative database of American
law and cases available anywhere outside the Library of Congre
law and cases available anywhere outside the Library of Congress.
Developed under the auspices of Research4Life, a
public - private partnership that brings
free or low cost online
access to academic and professional peer - reviewed content
to developing countries, and spearheaded by Teresa Miguel - Sterns of the Yale
Law Library, GOALI is launching with more than 10,000 titles from more than 60 publishers.
Free Law Project is a nonprofit devoted to providing the public with free access to primary legal materials on the Inter
Free Law Project is a nonprofit devoted
to providing the
public with
free access to primary legal materials on the Inter
free access to primary legal materials on the Internet.
The
Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to providing free, public access to primary legal materials, has announced plans to download all of the free opinions and order available on PACER, the federal courts» system for electronic access to court reco
Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated
to providing
free, public access to primary legal materials, has announced plans to download all of the free opinions and order available on PACER, the federal courts» system for electronic access to court reco
free,
public access to primary legal materials, has announced plans
to download all of the
free opinions and order available on PACER, the federal courts» system for electronic access to court reco
free opinions and order available on PACER, the federal courts» system for electronic
access to court records.
As a
public site, this
law society investment in the most comprehensive
free -
to - use legal information resource in Canada concurrently serves up perhaps the most significant contribution
to access to justice ever made by the legal profession.
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Attorneys at KNP
LAW assist and work with PILnet, the Global Network for Public Interest Law, and render free legal services to groups, including grassroots civil organizations, public service foundations, non-profit limited liability companies, as well as individuals who otherwise would not have access to justi
LAW assist and work with PILnet, the Global Network for
Public Interest Law, and render free legal services to groups, including grassroots civil organizations, public service foundations, non-profit limited liability companies, as well as individuals who otherwise would not have access to ju
Public Interest
Law, and render free legal services to groups, including grassroots civil organizations, public service foundations, non-profit limited liability companies, as well as individuals who otherwise would not have access to justi
Law, and render
free legal services
to groups, including grassroots civil organizations,
public service foundations, non-profit limited liability companies, as well as individuals who otherwise would not have access to ju
public service foundations, non-profit limited liability companies, as well as individuals who otherwise would not have
access to justice.
Primary sources of
law being now available from different paying services and
free public Web sites providing
access to resources as well, what will happen of librarians?
We continue
to fulfill that original mission via our
public interest user program, which provides
free access to our platform
to hundreds of Federal judges and their clerks, members of Congress and their staff, and academics and students engaged in the study of IP
law and policy.
In the US, where information compiled at
public expense by
public officials is copyright
free, the
public has had
access to consolidated
law for decades.
These applications can be focused at both the
public and the legal industry — furthering CanLII's mandate
to enhance
free access to the
law for the legal profession and the
public.
Through
free access to primary legal sources, the Free Law Project provides an important service to advocates, journalists, researchers, and the pub
free access to primary legal sources, the
Free Law Project provides an important service to advocates, journalists, researchers, and the pub
Free Law Project provides an important service
to advocates, journalists, researchers, and the
public.
Isn't the better answer
to have reliable
free and
public versions of the
law — available
to those courts and litigants alike — rather than a single publisher's version that many litigants will not have
access to?
Recently, the biggest innovation in case
law publishing has been the creation on the Internet of several web sites where the
public has
free access to judicial decisions.
Let's abandon our exclusionary practices and, in the spirit of
public service, of
free access to law and open
access to legal information, let's reform our anachronistic citation practices.
The recent announcement first of developer
access to a huge body of American jurisprudence and then of the
Public Library of
Law (PLOL) suggests that there continues to be an interest in having access to free case l
Law (PLOL) suggests that there continues
to be an interest in having
access to free case
lawlaw.
Rhyannon has a keen interest in
access to justice and is an active volunteer with the Edmonton Community Legal Centre's civil and family
law projects where she provides legal assistance
to low income individuals and gives
free public presentations on various family and civil
law topics.