Small claims, big implications: usability of legal systems in theory and practice

Leung, L

Small claims, big implications: usability of legal systems in theory and practice

Leung, L

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Publisher:: Legal Service Bulletin Co-operative
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Leung Linda 2006, 'Legal System: Small claims, big implications: usability of legal systems in theory and practice', Legal Service Bulletin Co-operative Ltd, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 95-96.
Issue Date:: 2006

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Leung, L	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-11-12T05:31:21Z
dc.date.available	2009-11-12T05:31:21Z
dc.date.issued	2006	en_US
dc.identifier	2006004659	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Leung Linda 2006, 'Legal System: Small claims, big implications: usability of legal systems in theory and practice', Legal Service Bulletin Co-operative Ltd, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 95-96.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1037-969X	en_US
dc.identifier.other	C1	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/3280
dc.description.abstract	The purposes of this article are many: partly cathartic, educational, persuasive and reflective. It seeks to examine the legal system, profession and discipline through my experience of a Small Claims court case. The perspective I bring to this is multidisciplinary: given my background in Cultural Studies, I am interested in legal practice and how its associated relationships of power are negotiated between practitioners and citizens; as a lecturer in Information Technology, I am intrigued by the usability of systems; and as an academic, I am fascinated by the discursive differences between disciplines. Therefore, this article will examine how the cultural and technical practice of law impacts its usability as a system through my personal experience as a user interacting with the system and its legal practitioners.	en_US
dc.publisher	Legal Service Bulletin Co-operative	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Alternative Law Journal	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	http://www.altlj.org/index.php?option=Articles&task=viewarticle&artid=49#11	en_US
dc.title	Small claims, big implications: usability of legal systems in theory and practice	en_US
dc.type	Journal article
utslib.citation.volume	31	en_US
utslib.citation.number	2	en_US
utslib.location	Melbourne, Australia	en_US
utslib.citation.startpage	95	en_US
utslib.citation.endpage	96	en_US
utslib.identifier.org	IML	en_US
utslib.copyright.status	open_access

Abstract:

The purposes of this article are many: partly cathartic, educational, persuasive and reflective. It seeks to examine the legal system, profession and discipline through my experience of a Small Claims court case. The perspective I bring to this is multidisciplinary: given my background in Cultural Studies, I am interested in legal practice and how its associated relationships of power are negotiated between practitioners and citizens; as a lecturer in Information Technology, I am intrigued by the usability of systems; and as an academic, I am fascinated by the discursive differences between disciplines. Therefore, this article will examine how the cultural and technical practice of law impacts its usability as a system through my personal experience as a user interacting with the system and its legal practitioners.

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