"Information" in this paper is used somewhat loosely. No attempt has been made to distinguish, for instance, between "data" and "information" as these concepts are defined in computer science.
2.
An example is provided by my own "User-constructed Legal Information Systems: Subscriptions to and Use of Legal Information Services from the Perspective of the End User". Social Science Information Studies4:241-259(1984).
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See, for instance, Jon Bing's "Performance of Legal Text Retrieval Systems: The Curse of Boole". Law Library Journal79:187-202 (1987).
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One will excuse a small note of pride. This first programme was written for a Norsk data machine, a now defunct Norwegian producer of mid-range computers.
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Cf. for a survey of the development in Europe in the sector of legal information services, Jon Bing, "Legal Information Services: Some Trends and Characteristics" in Data Processing and the Law, Colin Campbell, ed. London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1984.
