JUS5610 – Legal Information Systems and Regulatory Management
Course description
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
You may register for this course if you have admission to a Master’s programme at UiO or the faculty's exchange programme. You can also register for this course if you do not have admission to any programme at UiO, but meet the formal prerequistites.
All students are required meet the formal prerequistites.
Have you met the formal prerequisites at another institution than the University of Oslo, and the results are not formally registered at UiO, you must apply for admission to courses at Master’s level . Students with admission to Master’s degree programmes at other faculties than The Faculty of Law must also apply for admission.
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Prerequisites
Formal prerequisite knowledge
Students must meet one of these requirements:
- Passed 1st – 3rd year of the 5-years degree Master of Laws (Master i rettsvitenskap at UiO) (or exams that qualify for the exemption for these) or
- Hold a 5-years Master’s degree in Laws (Master i rettsvitenskap at UiO) or equivalent.
Exception: Students with admission to the faculty’s exchange programme and students with admission to any Master’s programme at the University of Oslo (except Master i rettsvitenskap) has an exemption from the formal prerequisites.
Recommended previous knowledge
Three years of law studies.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with JUR1610 – Legal Information Systems and Regulatory Management (BA) (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 JUR5610 – 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. This means
that the examination question will be given in English, and students
may answer in English only.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
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 Master 's level. The subject is also taught at Bachelor's level, see JUR1610 – Legal Information Systems and Regulatory Management (BA) (discontinued). Please see the chapter above, regarding overlap. For instances of overlap, credits will be deducted on the subject at Bachelors's level.