scholarly journals Legal Information Management in a Global and Digital Age: Revolution and Tradition

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire M. Germain
Keyword(s):  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis article presents an overview of the public policy issues surrounding digital libraries, and describes some current trends, such as Web 2.0, the social network. It discusses the impact of globalization and the Internet on international and foreign law information, the free access to law movement and open access scholarship, and mass digitization projects, then turns to some concerns, focusing on preservation and long term access to born digital legal information and authentication of official digital legal information. It finally discusses new roles for librarians, called upon to evaluate the quality of information teach legal research methodology and be advocates in information policy. Law librarians are encouraged to join professional associations and undergo continuous professional education. A recent development in the U.S.A., to add a legal research test on the bar exam, is of interest to the whole world, because it signifies the importance of sound legal research training to the competent practice of law.

Legal Information and the Social Media: Some Current Issues

Libri ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-359
Author(s):  
Vicki Lawal ◽  
Peter G Underwood ◽  
Christine Stilwell
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Law Firms ◽  
Legal Practice ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
Study Population

Abstract This article examines the effect of the adoption of social media in legal practice in Nigeria. It discusses some of the major challenges that have recently been experienced in the use of legal information in Nigeria within the context of the social media revolution, particularly with respect to ethics. A survey method was employed and data was collected through self-administered questionnaires to the study population comprising practicing lawyers located in various law firms in Nigeria. Outcomes from the study provide preliminary evidence on the nature of the application of social media in legal practice and the prospects for its inclusion as an important aspect of legal research in the legal education system in Nigeria.

scholarly journals The Precautionary Approach to the Installation of Telecommunication Masts in Residential Areas in Nigeria: A Legal Response

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Kamaldeen Imam-Tamim ◽  
Oluwadamilola Oyeyipo ◽  
Yahaya A. Alajo
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Base Stations ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Precautionary Approach ◽  
Legal Response ◽  
The Social ◽  
Telecommunication Companies ◽  
The Impact

The advent of Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) in Nigeria has brought immense advantages to the social and economic activities in the country. Despite the various advantages, the installation of telecommunication masts and base stations in residential areas has led to anxieties, fears and debates about the possible adverse effects on human health as well as security of properties. Instead of addressing the fears, the telecommunication companies continue to install telecommunication masts and base stations in the residential areas unabated. The article assesses the impact of these installations on health and properties of the residents in order to consider the reality of the fears and examines Nigerian laws to find out whether there are regulations that control how telecommunication masts are to be installed in residential areas to prevent health and property threat to the inhabitants. The article employs both doctrinal and non-doctrinal approaches of the qualitative legal research method by analysing legal and relevant texts and by conducting site surveys as well as unstructured interviews with residents who live near telecom masts.

An Emerging Resource in U.S. Social Work—Professional Education of Bachelor Degree Personnel

1979 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-33
Author(s):  
Allie C. Kilpatrick ◽  
Gary L. Shaffer
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The Social ◽  
Work Education ◽  
The U.S

Baccalaureate social work personnel in the United States have gone through a significant transformation during the past decade. Always a significant part of the social work labour force, they are now being prepared to assume a profes sional role. The two studies discussed in this paper highlight some of the current trends in Batchelor of Social Work programmes which have been accredited by the Council on Social Work Education since 1974. As this transition continues into the 1980's, the Baccalaureate practitioner will play an increasingly important role in the delivery of social services in the U.S.

scholarly journals Legal Research- Descriptive Analysis on Doctrinal Methodology

2019 ◽  
pp. 95-103
Author(s):  
Pradeep M.D.
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Social System ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Legal Mechanism ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Stock Of Knowledge

Human beings possess instinct of inquisitiveness in cases of confronting with the unknown aspects of life which probe to attain greater understanding on such uncertainty. This inquisitiveness is the method which man employs for obtaining knowledge is termed as research. It is the art of scientific enquiry into new facts conducted in any branch of knowledge. Generally, Research is the movement from the known towards the unknown to be called as the voyage of discovery. It originally contributes to the existing stock of knowledge facilitating its advancement. Truth is pursued with the help of study, observation, comparison and experiment. Systematic study of the law through doctrinal and non-doctrinal research methods considers to be the socio-legal studies aiming to analyze the impact of legal mechanism on the social system. This paper introduces into the fundamentals of legal research, socio-legal studies, conceptual framework on doctrinal research, steps of doctrinal studies, limitations and differences between doctrinal and non-doctrinal legal research methods.

scholarly journals Visualising the Social Media Conversations of a National Information Technology Professional Association

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-54
Author(s):  
Stuart Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Media System ◽  
The Social ◽  
Technology Professional ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Media Systems ◽  
National Information ◽  
The Impact

Social media systems are important for professional associations (PAs), providing new ways for them to interact with their members and stakeholders. Evaluation of the impact of social media is not straightforward. Here text analytics, specifically multidimensional scaling visualisation, is proposed as an approach for the characterisation of the large scale ‘conversations' occurring between an information and communication technology PA and its stakeholders via the Twitter social media system. In the case presented, there was found to be a significant level of congruence between the corresponding visualisations of tweets from the PA, and tweets to/about the PA, although differences were also observed. The new method proposed and piloted here offers a way for organisations to conceptualise, identify, capture and visualise the large-scale, ephemeral, text conversations about themselves on Twitter, and to assist them with key strategic uses of social media.

scholarly journals Competitive Legal Professionals’ use of Technology in Legal Practice and Legal Research

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
T Du Plessis
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Legal Practice ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Legal Professionals ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

Advances in the information and communication technologies have led to the availability of a range of primary and secondary legal research publications online via the Internet, rather than on other storing devices such as compact discs or publications in the print media. Not only has information and communication technology (ICT) impacted on the availability of legal information resources, but its effects are also noticed in various law-related areas such as legal practice management, legal education, corporate governance and the law per se. The question addressed by this article is whether the application of ICTs has an effect on the practice of law, and specifically whether information and knowledge management affects the processes of legal research in modern legal practice. Various issues are considered in this regard, including what the concept of knowledge management (KM) entails in a law firm and what the current KM trends in South African law firms are. The article investigates global trends in the application of ICTs for legal research purposes, what the specific applications of KM in support of legal research may be, how information technology applications and KM systems and strategies can support the legal research process, and what the benefits of KM are to legal research. It finally discusses the impact technology has had on the skills required of competitive legal professionals.

DAMPAK PEMUTUSAN HUBUNGAN KERJA SELAMA PANDEMI COVID-19 PERSPEKTIF HUKUM KETENAGAKERJAAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-158
Author(s):  
Suci Flambonita
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
The Other ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Regional Office ◽  
Severance Pay ◽  
Work Relations ◽  
Force Majeure ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Research shows a wave of layoffs and a decrease in labor/employee/employee income during the COVID-19 pandemic. The percentage of dismissed workers/employees/employees in Indonesia at the end of April 2020 was 15.6%. Based on data obtained by the South Sumatra Regional Office of Manpower and Transmigration on April 29, 2020, as many as 612 workers in South Sumatra experienced layoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 7,020 workers were laid off and received no wages during the pandemic. The research method used is socio legal research, namely research that examines the social symptoms that exist in society and then correlates them with statutory regulations. The impact of layoffs during this pandemic, many of these companies often use force majeure reasons. On the other hand, to tackle the Covid-19 problem, one of the efforts made by the Government is the Circular of the Minister of Manpower Number M/3/HK04/II/2020 concerning Protection of Workers/Laborers and Business Continuity in the Context of Preventing and Overcoming Covid-19. Some companies that cut off work relations during the COVID-19 pandemic often use force majeure reasons, to avoid wages and severance pay that should be the rights of workers/laborers.

Newspapers and Digital Libraries

2011 ◽  
pp. 363-381
Author(s):  
Nadia Kyprouli
Keyword(s):  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Fair Use ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Visual Artists ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Contractual Arrangements ◽  
Legal Implications ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Exceptions And Limitations

This chapter deals with the new digital environment that embraces newspaper content. The notions of newspapers, news, articles, photographs, cartoons and podcasts are considered. The legal notion of the entitlement of creators’ rights in different newspaper contents (journalists, photographers, cartoonists, visual artists), the legal implications due to contractual arrangements and the status of rights in case of an employment contract and in case of a services contract are analyzed from the copyright perspective. The chapter answers the question who owns the electronic rights in the newspapers contents. It considers the exceptions and limitations of copyright, the fair use principle and the three-steps test. Lastly, it deals with the undisputed modern reality of digital libraries with newspaper content and digital libraries of general cultural content and defines the unique characteristics of works included in newspapers. It concludes that, while international and national legislators acknowledge the social request for a more free access to technical and educational materials, copyrights are to be respected.

scholarly journals PROSTITUTION, GENDER JUSTICE, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Sudiono
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Gender Justice ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe purpose of this research is to investigate the implementation of law enforcement against the criminalization of women commercial sex workers in Parangtritis after enactment of Bantul District Regulation Number 5 of 2007 on the Prohibition of Prostitution and the problem of regulation enforcement of Bantul District Regulation Number 5 of 2007 on the Prohibition of Prostitution. This research is an empirical legal research with a descriptive approach. The results were analyzed with qualitative methods which further draw conclusions with inductive thinking method. The results showed that the application of Bantul District Number 5 of 2007 on the Prohibition of Prostitution is not successful in reducing the number of prostitution in Parangkusumo, Bantul. In addition, the negative impacts were appeared such as the impact of economic, the impact of law certainty, and the impact of the Social Politics on gender mainstreaming in form of inferiority inaugural women’s position in society. The Failure of Bantul District Regulation Number 5 of 2007 on the Prohibition of Prostitution to identify the root of prostitution’s problem is another implementation obstacle.Keywords: District Regulation, Law Enforcement, Prostitution.IntisariTujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui implementasi penegakan hukum terhadap kriminalisasi perempuan pekerja seks komersial di Parangtritis setelah pemberlakuan Peraturan Daerah Kabupaten Bantul Nomor 5 Tahun 2007 tentang Larangan Prostitusi. Penelitian ini adalah jenis penelitian hukum empiris dengan pendekatan deskriptif. Hasil penelitian dianalisis dengan metode kualitatif dan penarikan kesimpulan dengan metode berpikir induktif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan pelaksanaan Peraturan Daerah Kabupaten Bantul Nomor 5 Tahun 2007 tentang Larangan Prostitusi tidak berhasil menurunkan angka prostitusi di Parangtritis, Kabupaten Bantul. Di samping itu, Pelaksanaan Peraturan Daerah Nomor 5 Tahun 2007 tentang Larangan Prostitusi menimbulkan beberapa dampak negatif yaitu dampak ekonomi, dampak kepastian hukum dan dampak sosial politik pengarusutamaan gender dalam bentuk inferioritas posisi perempuan dalam masyarakat. Kegagalan Peraturan Daerah Kabupaten Bantul Nomor 5 Tahun 2007 tentang Larangan Prostitusi dalam mengidentifikasi akar kemunculan prostitusi menjadi salah satu penghalang pelaksanaan hukum. Kata Kunci : Peraturan Daerah, Penegakan Hukum, Prostitusi.

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