Description |
139 pages ; 30 cm |
Series |
Issues paper ; 23 |
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Issues paper (Australian Law Reform Commission) ; 23
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Contents |
1. The inquiry -- 2. Technology and dispute resolution - an overview -- 3. Case management and data collection in federal courts and tribunals -- 4. Technology in legal practice and legal publishing -- 5. Technology in dispute resolution -- 6. Information for litigants and the public -- 7. Future directions and possibilites |
Summary |
A part of the "Review of the Adversarial System of Litigation", this Issues Paper focuses on the impact that technology is having, and could have, on costs, delays, fairness and efficiency in the federal civil justice system. The paper asks whether, and in what ways, technological change may enhance public access to, and knowledge of, federal dispute resolution, generate more useful and higher quality information and communication within federal courts and tribunals, and streamline and automate litigation and review, and case management practices |
Analysis |
Adversary system |
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Alternative dispute resolution |
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Australia overseas comparisons |
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Committees and inquiries |
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Computer networks |
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Courts |
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Data collection |
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Electronic publishing |
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Federal issue |
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Information and communications technology |
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Legal profession |
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Litigation |
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Privacy |
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State issue |
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Technological change |
Notes |
"March 1998." |
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Cover title |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliography |
Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web |
In |
Issues paper (Australian Law Reform Commission) no:23 yr:1998 |
Subject |
Courts -- Australia -- Automation.
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Dispute resoluation (Law) -- Australia
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Dispute resolution (Law) -- Australia.
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Information storage and retrieval systems -- Law -- Australia.
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Law offices -- Australia -- Automation.
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Technology and law.
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Author |
Australia. Law Reform Commission.
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ISBN |
0642320241 |
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