Computer‐based legal retrieval systems in the Federal Republic of Germany

Abstract

The introduction explains that legal retrieval systems in the Federal Republic of Germany have still to be developed on the scale of some other countries. Brief descriptions follow of LEXINFORM run by DATEV, JURIS and other systems including DIP covering parliamentary proceedings, GESTA for legislation and LEDOC for literature on computers and the law. Under software is described the DATEV adaptation of IBM's STAIRS package which is used on Siemens machines. Diagrams relating to the software are provided together with a table of the changes to STAIRS commands. The article ends with details of the programme for promoting information and documentation. A table showing various aspects of all the retrieval systems mentioned is appended. No refs.

Citation

Svoboda, W.R. (1981), "Computer‐based legal retrieval systems in the Federal Republic of Germany", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 15 No. 3, pp. 172-183. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb046831