Supporting newly-appointed judges: a legal knowledge management case study

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 7-27

  Casanovas, Pompeu ^a   Poblet, Marta ^a   Casellas, Núria ^a   Contreras, Jesus ^b   Benjamins, V Richard ^b   Blazquez, Mercedes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Intelligent Software Components SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Judges; Knowledge management; Laws and legislation; Legal profession; Legal theory; Online databases

Indexed keywords

EID: 26944455504     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270510622429     Document Type: Article

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