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100 1 _aSutherland, Sarah A.,
245 1 0 _aLegal data and information in practice :
_bhow data and the law interact /
_cSarah A. Sutherland.
260 _aUK,
_bRoutledge,
_c2022.
300 _a148Pages
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Legal data overview -- Sources of data -- Data formats -- Data analysis techniques -- Interpreting legal data -- Issues with using legal data -- Artificial intelligence -- The law and politics of legal data -- Vision for the future.
520 _a"Legal Data and Information in Practice provides readers with an understanding of how to facilitate the acquisition, management, and use of legal data in organizations such as libraries, courts governments, universities, and start-ups. Presenting a synthesis of information about legal data that will furnish readers with a thorough understanding of the topic, the book also explains why it is becoming crucial that data analysis be integrated into decision-making in the legal space. Legal organizations are looking at how to develop data-driven insights for a variety of purposes and it is, as Sutherland shows, vital that they have the necessary skills to facilitate this work. This book will assist in this endeavour by providing an international perspective on the issues affecting access to legal data and clearly describing methods of obtaining and evaluating it. Sutherland also incorporates advice about how to critically approach data analysis. Legal Data and Information in Practice will be essential reading for those in the law library community who are based in English-speaking countries with a common law tradition. The book will also be useful to those with a general interest in legal data, including students, academics engaged in the study of information science and law"--
650 0 _aLaw
_zEnglish-speaking countries
650 0 _aLegal research
_zEnglish-speaking countries
650 0 _aElectronic information resource searching
_zEnglish-speaking countries.
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