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Juris: Legal Information In The Department Of Justice, James E. Hambleton
Juris: Legal Information In The Department Of Justice, James E. Hambleton
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JURIS is the computerized legal information system being developed by the Department of Justice for use by its attorneys. The system has been devised not only to help in statutory and case law research, but to provide access to memoranda, briefs, and other work products generated in daily departmental activity. From modest beginnings, JURIS has grown in use and in data-base capabilities. JURIS search strategy, which involves building up sets of data into a search "tree" has proven to be effective for its users. After a year-long evaluation project was completed in May 1975, the results indicated enough user acceptance …