Free access to law – is it here to stay? : global study on the sustainability of free access to law initiatives; IDRC final technical report
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2011
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University of Montreal, Montréal, QC, CA
Abstract
This final report summarises the activities led over the course of the 2 year study entitled “Free
Access to Law – Is it Here to Stay”. This project produced eleven case studies of different Free
Access to Law initiatives with a goal to better understand what the initiatives do and how they
do it best. A Good Practices Handbook was prepared based on the findings of these case
studies. Although the project experienced a number of hurdles as much to do with challenges
within the research team as with external factors related to accessing interview subjects, the
project as a whole came out successful in accomplishing all the objectives the team had
originally set out for itself. Further, the project was successful in accomplishing larger
development goals such as capacity building and building a community of cross-continent
researchers, at least in the field of access to legal information. This report offers a few
recommendations which hope to serve similar projects in the future, in particular with regards to
ensuring a high quality research output when working with a team located all over the world.
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OPEN ACCESS TO LAW, LEGAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, ICT ACCESS AND USAGE, IMPACT ASSESSMENT, MONITORING AND EVALUATION