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| Introduction |
In
establishing a Legal Information Archive, a comprehensive,
cross-referenced legal information database, the Library of the Supreme
Court of Korea has been compiling cases, regulations and laws, statutes
and other related legal materials since 1996. This Legal Information
Archive, to be made available through the digital library currently
under construction, will facilitate access to legal materials for
internal users as well as the general public. The Supreme Court Library
is committed to providing a quality legal information service, and will
continue to expand information resources and enhance the usability and
accessibility of its information systems.
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| Current Project |
 Full-text (publications and cases ) Database Project |
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Project Description |
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Since 1996, we have been populating
our "Legal Information System" database with digital archives of court
decisions, legal publications - for which the permission to reproduce
has been granted - and judicial publications. In 2002, we migrated to
the new standard format recommended for government agencies by
converting all existing data in text format to XML format. We intend to
adopt XML format for all future entries - including publications, and
case data - into the LawWorld (Legal Information Databases) and the
Bubgoul ( LX·DVD ) database.
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Project Progress and Status |
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① 1997 : Began inputting full texts
into the LawWorld(Legal Information Databases) and Bubgoul LX.
② 1997 ~ 2001 : Inputted data in Text format
③ 2001 : Completed development of XML Publication Tool for publication
materials and trial inputting
④ 2002 : Completed development of XML Publication Tool for judicial decisions
Converted former judicial decisions and
publication data into XML format
Began inputting new data in XML format
⑤ Status on Full text Database Construction (As of Mar. 31, 2008)
Publications: 52,893 cases
Judicial decisions: 58,586 cases
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Project for Bubgoul( LX·DVD ) Program Development |
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Project Description |
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Bubgoul LX is a database program
developed independently by the Supreme Court in 1997 for the purpose of
providing practical legal information to legal professionals, scholars,
and members of the general public who, because of individual
limitations , would otherwise not have access to the LawWorld(Legal
Information Databases) constructed by the Judicial Branch.
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In accordance with the new long-term
development plan and commensurate with construction of the
Digital Library, the Supreme Court Library has converted
text format data into XML format, upgraded the LawWorld(Legal
Information Databases) into a web-based system in 2002, and
developed an advanced and more convenient version of Bubgoul DVD
that enables XML format data to be viewed in a personal PC
environment.
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| Project Progress and Status |
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① 1993 Development of the
program by Attorney-at-law, Kang Bong-su (A former Chief Librarian)
② Jun. 1996 Supreme Court Library undertakes the task of maintaining
the program
③ Mar. 1997 Donation of the program's copyright to the Supreme Court
④ Jun. 1997 Development of the MS Window version of the program
1997 : Legal Information LX (Ver. 5.2)
1998 : Bubgoul LX (Ver. 6.0)
1999 : Bubgoul LX (Ver. 7.0)
2000 : Bubgoul LX (Ver. 7.5)
2001 : Bubgoul LX (Ver. 7.8)
2002 : Bubgoul LX (Ver. 7.9)
2003 : Bubgoul LX (Ver. 7.9 Update Edition)
⑤ 2004 : Bubgoul DVD 2004
2005 : Bubgoul DVD 2005
2006 : Bubgoul DVD 2006
2007 : Bubgoul DVD 2007
2008 : Bubgoul DVD 2008
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Acquiring Permission for the Usage of Literary Work |
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Project Description |
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Acquiring permission from the
copyright owners (judicial officers, prosecutors, attorneys-at-law,
professors etc.) of domestic publications for use in the
LawWorld Legal Information Databases) and providing information
regarding original works of a judicial nature using Bubgoul( LX·DVD )
is an ongoing process.
Because users are able to have access to, search and utilize
a database of legal publications and the information through
their own PC, physical trips to the library become unnecessary.
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| Project Progress and Status |
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① Mar. 1997 : Commencement of
permission acquirement for usage of texts and information
② Jun. 2000 : Work aimed at collective and simultaneous granting of
permissions from judicial officers begun
③ Dec. 2007 : Current status on permissions granted 7,260 persons
granted usage permission
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Occupation of authors to obtain permissions from |
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Occupation
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Permission granted (No. of persons)
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Judicial Officer
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2,107
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Prosecutor
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269
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Attorney-at-law
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2,119
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Professor
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1,449
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Others
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1,015
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Acquiring Abstracts on Legal Publications |
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Project Description |
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Responding to the trend of considerable
increases in the number of judicial dissertations published
through scholarly journals coupled with a quantitative increase
in each of those dissertations, the work of acquiring abstracts,
whether written by the author or another person, has been
ongoing for domestically published dissertations.
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Construction of a Legal Thesaurus |
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Project Description |
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Through the development of a glossary
of often used terms, we hope to facilitate a more efficient
and systematic search of acts and subordinate statutes, judicial
decisions, and information on legal publications. The glossary
of the legal thesaurus will be utilized during searches of
related legal information and will help the general public
to more easily understand legal terminology.
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| Project Progress and Status |
① Dec. 1998 : Completion of Legal Thesaurus (Ver.1.0)
(Work outsourced to Korea Society for
Information Management)
② Dec. 2000 : Completion of Legal Thesaurus (Ver. 2.0)
(Work outsourced to Sungkyunkwan
University's Institute for
Comparative Legal Studies)
③ Dec. 2007 : Completion of Legal Thesaurus (Ver. 3.0)
(Work outsourced to Korea University's Institute for Legal Studies)
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Conversion of Actual Names of Related People into Pseudonyms in Judicial Decisions |
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Project Description |
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Using real names in judicial decisions, Bubgoul LX,
and other information that are provided to external users
poses infringement on privacy and danger of defamation of
the persons involved. To prevent such occurrences and to
protect the persons involved, the work of conversion of real
names into fictitious names have been underway. (For judicial
decisions given since 1996, selected conversion into fictitious
names have been done before providing the information through
Integrated Legal Information System of the Supreme Court
website.)
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