2016
News
Online Dispute Resolution platform doesn’t work
This content is not available in the selected language. The Online Dispute Resolution platform, aimed to help online shoppers settling disputes with merchants across Europe, still doesn’t offer exactly what it meant to do. The consumer tool was launched officially in February, but still five countries – including big ecommerce markets Germany and France – […] Read more
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Old Lady Lawyer: How Much Should Lawyers Fear The Future?
This content is not available in the selected language. As if newbie lawyers don’t have enough to worry about, what with student loan debt, escalating tuition, and a dearth of jobs, the Pew Research Center has come out with a study that should strike fear into the hearts of newbie lawyers as well as all […] Read more
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Lancement d’une initiative de recherche entre la Chaire LexUM et l’Université de Barcelone
17 March 2016 Karim Benyekhlef
This content is not available in the selected language. PRÉSTAMOS HIPOTECARIOS, CONSUMIDORES, MEDIACIÓN OBLIGATORIA Y ONLINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION Nombre: Convocatòria d’ajuts del Programa Estatal de Foment de la Investigació Científica i Tècnica d’Excel·lència. Subprograma Estatal de generació del coneixement. Modalitat Projectes d’R+D Organismo: Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad Programa: Programa Nacional de ciencias sociales, económicas […] Read more
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Allegation that derogatory e-mails were sent by hackers and not the litigant requires “extraordinary proof”
This content is not available in the selected language. In the course of a very acrimonious divorce, in which the husband had been found to be a vexations litigant, the husband attempted to disavow a series of e-mail messages that were hostile, insulting, threatening and generally offensive. Madam Justice Shelly of the Alberta Court of […] Read more
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David S Christie: Perry Mason days may be on way out
This content is not available in the selected language. TECHNOLOGY is reducing the reliance on traditional courtroom hearings, writes David S Christie The days of Perry Mason, where court cases could turn on a lawyer’s late flourish of vital evidence might be over (if they ever existed) with the increasing use of technology in the […] Read more
Conférences Jeunes chercheurs
Le droit en évolution: l’intelligence artificielle ou les nouveaux outils statistiques d’aide à la décision juridique
This content is not available in the selected language. Cycle de conférences “Jeunes chercheurs” Dans le cadre du cycle de conférences Jeunes chercheurs, la Chaire LexUM en information juridique accueille Christelle Papineau qui présentera une conférence qui s’intitule « Le droit en évolution: l’intelligence artificielle ou les nouveaux outils statistiques d’aide à […] Read more
Conferences
Les sciences sociales affectées par le Big Data – Conférence de Dominique Boullier
This content is not available in the selected language. Le Big Data et les méthodes du machine learning qui lui sont associées permettent d’amplifier le travail ordinaire des sciences sociales (notamment en volume et en variété) mais s’y ajoutent la vélocité qui permet un suivi inédit de traces numériques élémentaires à haute fréquence ainsi que […] Read more
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As need for interpreters grows, Alaska courts look to technology to save money
This content is not available in the selected language. The Alaska Court System will see hundreds of requests for interpreting services this year, and that volume has staff looking to technology to streamline what can become a complex and costly process. When a qualified interpreter of a language requested isn’t in Alaska, the court system looks […] Read more
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Colloque sur le nouveau code de procédure civile
16 February 2016 Karim Benyekhlef
This content is not available in the selected language. La Chaire LexUM organisait un colloque sur le nouveau code de procédure civile. Parmi les conférenciers, nous avons pu compter sur la présence de Me Marie José Longtin, L’Honorable Mario Tremblay, Me Maxime Fournier, Me Dominique Simard, Me Stéphane Reynolds, Me Patrick Gingras, Me Valentin Callipel, […] Read more
Conferences Event
Du cyber activiste au cyber combattant : Nouveaux champs de batailles, nouveaux modes de combat.
This content is not available in the selected language. Cycle de conférences “Jeunes chercheurs” Karima Smouk, Candidate au doctorat en droit, Université de Montréal Dans le discours juridico-humanitaire, la notion de combattant est bien connue. Elle permet notamment de poser l’une des bases de la conduite des hostilités dont l’objectif majeur est la protection de […] Read more