JUR1610 – Legal Information Systems and Regulatory Management (BA)
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
Legal information systems facilitate the access to legal sources like regulations and case law. They include traditional systems like indexes, but the course concentrates on computerised systems, especially text retrieval systems. The basic principles for the construction of such systems are discussed, as well as search strategies, including ranking with respect to probable “relevance”. Also, the history and current state of computerised systems are discussed. The course will also present a theory for the analysis of the end user environment and the factors determining the availability of information. The course will also give an introduction to legal sources on the Web, including the initiative of Legal Information Institutes.
Knowledge based methods for text retrieval (conceptual retrieval) will briefly be examined. This will be a basis for approaching regulatory management, which is concerned with maintaining a large volume of regulations, such as principles for amendment, consolidation etc, and reviews methods in which computerised methods may be used to improve regulatory management.
Learning outcome
You will learn how text retrieval systems are designed, and how to generally assess the performance of information systems. In this, you will also learn of the nature of natural language, and approaches to retrieve documents in natural language. The aim of the course is to give a general understanding of information systems, and the methods for making legal sources accessible. Information systems are related both to the legal decisions process and the ideals of the legal system, like the rule of law.
See also ‘Detailed course information’ regarding requirements and syllabus.
Admission
Students who are admitted to study programmes or individual courses at UiO must each semester register
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International applicants, if you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information
about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.
Nordic applicants that are accepted to study programmes or individual courses at UiO can be admitted to this course.
Prerequisites
Recommended previous knowledge
Please note that lectures and curriculum for this course is aimed at students at master degree level.
However, the achievement requirements are adjusted for students who take the subject at bachelor degree level.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with JUR5610 – Legal Information Systems and Regulatory Management (discontinued)
- 10 credits overlap with VALLISREG – Legal information systems and regulatory management (discontinued)
- 10 credits overlap with JUXLISREG – Legal Information Systems and Regulatory Management (discontinued)
- 10 credits overlap with JUTLISREG – Legal Information Systems and Regulatory Management (discontinued)
- 10 credits overlap with JUS5610 – Legal Information Systems and Regulatory Management (discontinued)
Teaching
There are no lectures or seminars held for the subject.
Examination
4 hour written examination.
Examination support material
Regulations for support materials permitted at examination for courses taught in English . Please read all three chapters.
Language of examination
The language of examination for this course is English: the examination question will be given in English, and students
may answer in English only.
Grading scale
Starting from the springsemester 2012, course grades are awarded using alphabetic grades, from A to E for passes and F for fail.
Up to, and including, the autumnsemester 2011, students are awarded either a passing or failing grade.
Explanations and appeals
Resit an examination
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Resitting an examination.
- There are special rules for resitting a passed examination in the master's programme in Law.
Withdrawal from an examination
It is possible to take this exam up to 3 times. If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.
There are special rules for resitting a passed examination in the master's programme in Law.
Special examination arrangements
Application form, deadline and requirements for special examination arrangements.
Please se Detailed regulations for the Faculty of Law, Chapter 3 regarding application, responsibilities and special measures.
Evaluation
The course is subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students to participate in a more comprehensive evaluation.
Other
The language for this course is English. Students enrolled in the
Masterprogrammet i rettsvitenskap must pass one
English subject as part of their degree, this course will meet these
obligations.
This subject is taught at Bachelor's level. The subject is also taught at Master's level (10 ECTS credits), see JUS5610 – Legal Information Systems and Regulatory Management (discontinued)
Please see the chapter above, regarding overlap. For instances of overlap, credits will be deducted on the subject at Bachelors's level.