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Caselex
An example of how companies can benefit from the PSI Directive, also in Poland!
EPSIplus Polish national meeting
Marc de Vries
Warsaw, 4 December 2008
• Collection of important national court cases linked to European community law
• allowing for free movement of case law so that legal community in Europe can benefit from the application of EU law across borders
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What is Caselex?
National scope before Caselex European scope after Caselex
Caselex process
PROCESS
adding value by editors
Caselex database
INPUT OUTPUTCase law
courts
Govt
Law firm
unis
Summary native languageTranslation of summary in English
MetadataFull text
Demo
www.caselex.com
Access to and re-use of case law (2006)
• Sourcing is essential• Patchwork of
regimes• Different re-use
conditions from country to country– Conditions vary:
copyright, sui generis, pricing
– Lack of (standard) licenses
• State of flux & organised ”chaos” in managing public sector information resources
Poland
Comparison Poland – other countries
country
access accessibility authorization
Fair market conditions
Poland
Good Can be improved
• 3 public sources: Supreme court, constitutional tribunal, administrative courts)
• Private sector:
Lex (Kluwer) + Lex Polonica (Lexis Nexis)
compilations + also lower court cases
Search engines
Some metadata
But no central datapolicy
OK
No copyright or database rights withheld by government
OK
others
Good: most countries
Bad: Luxemburg
Good: Spain
Bad: Portugal
Good: Netherlands
Bad: Italy
Good: France
Bad: UK
Caselex offer
Free access for all participants for 1 month!
– grab a Quick Guide and flyer – register yourself, or– send me an email, and I will do it for you
