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The IDG was originally founded to carry out research into the collection and processing of documentation relating to Italian legislation, case law and legal authority. The Institute has since concentrated on automated documentation and legal informatics, as well as the application of artificial intelligence to the law. This article describes the many projects undertaken at the Institute.
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Elio Fameli has, since 1971, been a researcher at the Instituto per la Documentazione Giuridica of Florence of the Italian National Research Council. He has worked in legal informatics generally but is mainly interested in problems specifically related to information systems and the application of artificial intelligence to the law. Currently, his research is focused on legal expert systems and the methodology and technology for their construction. He has, since 1975, been an editor of the international journal, Informatica e Dirrito and a member of the editorial board of the International Bibliography on Computers and the Law, published as a regular issue of the aformentioned journal.
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Fameli, E., Nannucci, R. Legal informatics research in Italy: The Istituto per la Documentazione Giuridica of the Italian National Research Council. Comput Hum 24, 437–443 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00186488
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00186488