Legal information system, authentic publication and the process of law making

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Legal information system, authentic publication
and the process of law making
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Principles

• Automation of law making E-Recht
• Publication Legal information system (RIS)
• Authentic publication Function of RIS

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Automation of making federal laws

• Electronic editing of documents
• Electronic workflow system between all
  stakeholders
• Output for authentic publication in the Internet

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Benefits

• Sets standards for
• Production of documents
• Processes
• Increases flexibility
• Tracks modifications and controls versions
• Speeds up production time
• Reduces production costs

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Electronic editing of documents

• Goal look and feel of a "Bundesgesetzblatt"
• Generation of documents with WinWord
• Templates
• Style sheets
• Macros for automatic layout
• Conversion to XML for transport
• Editing of documents with WinWord(conversion
  back from XML and to XML again)
• Technical filter for conformance with XML syntax

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Legislative workflow
electroniclaw making
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D7.2 Example Workflow "Bundesgesetz"
eJustice
http//rechtsinformatik.jura.uni-sb.de/ejustice/le
xecute/start.html

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What is RIS?

• Data base for legal texts of Austria
• Means for the promulgation of federal law
  ("Bundesgesetzblätter")
• Operated by BKA
• Free of charge
• www.ris.bka.gv.at

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Which legal texts?

• European law
• Current/old versions of federal law
• Selected laws in English
• Legal drafts
• Decisions of high courts
• Tribunals and Commissions (e.g. Independent
  Senate for Asylum)
• Instructions of the ministries
• Current/old versions of the law of the 9 Austrian
  provinces
• Law of some communities

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Input to RIS

• XML from E-Recht
• In RIS documents are signed
• MOA (Modules for Online-Applications)
• MOA-SS Signs documents
• MOA-SP Verifies the signature
• From some other 30 sources (Europe, provinces,
  communities)
• Challenge some 30 applications
• Challenge XML?
• Upload with HTTP, FTP or by storage media

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Output from RIS

• Web interface
• Internet to the public, Intranet to civil
  servants
• Output formats for most documents
• HTML
• XML
• DOC
• RTF
• PDF

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RIS statistics 2005

• Internet73.000.000 hits / year6.000.000 hits
  /month
• Intranet31.700.000 hits / year2.640.000 hits
  /month
• Total104.700.000 hits / year8.640.000 hits
  /month

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Thank you for your attentionharald.hoffmann_at_metad
at.com