[okfn-discuss] Why is there no legal discussion OKF list?

Mon Sep 16 17:20:06 UTC 2013

Also, Robert Richards' Legal Informatics Research
Network<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/legal-informatics-research-network>is
an awesome resource and occasional discussion list for what's
happening
in the world of legal information. It is a fundament of my inbox.

On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Laura James <laura.james at okfn.org> wrote:

> We have an incubating working group on open legislation:
> http://wiki.okfn.org/Working_Groups/openlegislation although it's been
> very quiet on the list of late:
> http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/open-legislation/
>
> That would be a great place to start discussions on making legal data
> open, although all topics are welcome on okfn-discuss.
>
> Laura
>
>
> On 16 September 2013 15:53, John Levin <john at technolalia.org> wrote:
>
>> Was this email supposed to be blank?
>>
>> & would the list be for discussing the legalities of open data, or for
>> making legal data open? I'm not a lawyer so would refrain from former, but
>> am interested in the latter.
>>
>> There are projects to open up the law, such as Recap, opening up PACER:
>> https://www.recapthelaw.org/
>> and myriad complaints about the poor state of access to statutes, and the
>> proprietary databases of LexisNexis & Westlaw.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>>
>> On 16/09/2013 14:57, David Miller wrote:
>>
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