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Legal Information Management June 2015

The latest issue of Legal Information Management has been published and contains a number of interesting articles.

This issue has a feature article on 2015's favourite topic - the Magna Carta. The article 'Invoking Magna Carta: Locating Information Objects and Meaning in the 13th to 19th Centuries' looks at the context in which the Magna Carta was obtained. It looks at the variety of versions of the charter and the texts and documents which are integral to the history of its interpretation.

Additionally, this issue includes a short series of articles on South American Law and Legal Resources:


Legal Information Management

ISSN: 1472-6696, EISSN: 1741-2021

Legal Information Management

http://journals.cambridge.org/LIM

Volume 15 / Issue 02 , June 2015, pp 73 - 148

Published Online on 19th June 2015


Editorial

Editorial
David Wills
Legal Information Management , Volume 15 , Issue 02 , June 2015, pp 73 - 73
doi: 10.1017/S1472669615000201 (About doi) Published Online on 19th June 2015
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Feature Article

Invoking Magna Carta: Locating Information Objects and Meaning in the 13th to 19th Centuries
Alexander Lock, Jonathan Sims
Legal Information Management , Volume 15 , Issue 02 , June 2015, pp 74 - 85
doi: 10.1017/S1472669615000249 (About doi) Published Online on 19th June 2015
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Occasional Series

A Legal Journey Through the UN, Academia, and the ICJ: Conversations with Dame Rosalyn Higgins DBE, JSD, FBA, QC
Lesley Dingle
Legal Information Management , Volume 15 , Issue 02 , June 2015, pp 86 - 94
doi: 10.1017/S1472669615000250 (About doi) Published Online on 19th June 2015
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South American Law And Legal Resources

Justice Systems in Latin America: the Challenge of Civil Procedure Reforms
Santiago Pereira Campos
Legal Information Management , Volume 15 , Issue 02 , June 2015, pp 95 - 99
doi: 10.1017/S1472669615000262 (About doi) Published Online on 19th June 2015
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Judicial Power in Latin America: a Short Survey
Teresa M. Miguel-Stearns
Legal Information Management , Volume 15 , Issue 02 , June 2015, pp 100 - 107
doi: 10.1017/S1472669615000274 (About doi) Published Online on 19th June 2015
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Tools for Academic Research on Human Rights in Latin America: the Inter-American Human Rights System
Gloria Orrego Hoyos
Legal Information Management , Volume 15 , Issue 02 , June 2015, pp 108 - 115
doi: 10.1017/S1472669615000298 (About doi) Published Online on 19th June 2015
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The New Civil Procedure Code and the Challenges for the Brazilian Legal Education System
Renê Francisco Hellman, Mariana Cesto
Legal Information Management , Volume 15 , Issue 02 , June 2015, pp 116 - 120
doi: 10.1017/S1472669615000304 (About doi) Published Online on 19th June 2015
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Reflections on the Issue of Reproductive Health in Argentina: Challenges for Egalitarian Access
Mariana Lavalle, Mercedes Robba
Legal Information Management , Volume 15 , Issue 02 , June 2015, pp 121 - 131
doi: 10.1017/S1472669615000316 (About doi) Published Online on 19th June 2015
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International Perspectives

Queensland Community Legal Centres' Use of Information Technology to Deliver Access to Justice
James Farrell, Emma Phillips
Legal Information Management , Volume 15 , Issue 02 , June 2015, pp 131 - 136
doi: 10.1017/S1472669615000328 (About doi) Published Online on 19th June 2015
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Current Issues

‘Good’ Law
Daniel Hoadley
Legal Information Management , Volume 15 , Issue 02 , June 2015, pp 137 - 138
doi: 10.1017/S147266961500033X (About doi) Published Online on 19th June 2015
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Henry Button
Kate Faulkner
Legal Information Management , Volume 15 , Issue 02 , June 2015, pp 139 - 144
doi: 10.1017/S1472669615000341 (About doi) Published Online on 19th June 2015
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Current Awareness

Current Awareness
Katherine Read, Laura Griffiths
Legal Information Management , Volume 15 , Issue 02 , June 2015, pp 145 - 148
doi: 10.1017/S1472669615000353 (About doi) Published Online on 19th June 2015
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