24小时热门版块排行榜    

Znn3bq.jpeg
查看: 517  |  回复: 4
当前只显示满足指定条件的回帖,点击这里查看本话题的所有回帖

zyz1981

至尊木虫 (文坛精英)

医学物理

[交流] 【Pure water】New Website Gives Senegalese Easier Access to Laws

Tracy Bach, a professor at the Vermont University School of Law, says she wanted to create a one-stop source for Senegalese legal research. She came up with the idea of a website while completing a Fulbright Scholarship in Senegal last year, working alongside law faculty and students.

Bach worked on the project with technicians at Harvard University's Berkman Center, which focuses on ways the Internet can be used to increase the rule of law in developing countries.

In December, Bach's team launched a wiki, a type of website that allows users to contribute their knowledge on specific topics.

"So what a wiki does, and in particular this wiki, helps to develop a community of people, people who are interested in the law and how the law can be used in a democracy, and it not only gives them a place to find these tools, but encourages them to post what they know," Bach said.

Anyone who registers on the site can submit entries or information on Senegalese laws, which is then reviewed by Bach and her colleagues before being published.

Bach said that while in Dakar, she sometimes had to shuttle from office to office to find pieces of law that could not be found online.

"Here in the U.S. we can Google almost anything and find the relevant U.S. law in point," Bach added. "In contrast, in Senegal it's hard just to find the law itself because the printed form is not very accessible. And that's what digitalizing does, it makes it more accessible."

She realized that having easier access to these sources, and having a vehicle to publish analyses and interpretations of the law, would benefit Senegal's legal scholars.

"Fundamentally, it's not so much to stay abreast of dynamic law, though I think that's a good idea," she said. "It really is to build a community of people who want to use the law to improve the rule of democracy in Senegal."

Senegal's democracy, like many African countries, has largely emphasized power through the executive branch.

Bach is hopeful that members within Senegal's government will join the wiki effort and post information from their ministries.

Bach's larger goal is to expand the site from beyond Senegal to other West African countries.
回复此楼

» 猜你喜欢

已阅   回复此楼   关注TA 给TA发消息 送TA红花 TA的回帖

xia_chong

金虫 (文坛精英)

优秀版主

Wiki is really a good thing!
Godhelpsthosewhohelpthemselves!
5楼2011-01-16 08:50:13
已阅   回复此楼   关注TA 给TA发消息 送TA红花 TA的回帖
查看全部 5 个回答

0710811132

荣誉版主 (文学泰斗)

小木虫原管理员

优秀版主优秀版主


小木虫(沙发+1,金币+0.5):恭喜抢个沙发,再给个红包
good night

[ Last edited by 0710811132 on 2011-1-16 at 10:43 ]
守望在麦田,流浪在人间
2楼2011-01-15 23:53:47
已阅   回复此楼   关注TA 给TA发消息 送TA红花 TA的回帖

zyz1981

至尊木虫 (文坛精英)



[ Last edited by zyz1981 on 2011-1-16 at 12:31 ]
3楼2011-01-15 23:56:17
已阅   回复此楼   关注TA 给TA发消息 送TA红花 TA的回帖
引用回帖:
Originally posted by 0710811132 at 2011-01-15 23:53:47:
晚安,熊猫…

:dnd:
4楼2011-01-16 07:30:57
已阅   回复此楼   关注TA 给TA发消息 送TA红花 TA的回帖
普通表情 高级回复 (可上传附件)
最具人气热帖推荐 [查看全部] 作者 回/看 最后发表
[考研] 一志愿厦大0856,306求调剂 +10 Bblinging 2026-04-11 10/500 2026-04-11 16:59 by zchychina
[考研] 求调剂 +10 璃茉一定上岸 2026-04-10 10/500 2026-04-11 13:31 by 1005715100
[考研] 269求调剂 +8 跪求收留。 2026-04-04 8/400 2026-04-11 10:50 by zhq0425
[考研] 290求调剂 +8 luoziheng 2026-04-10 8/400 2026-04-11 10:48 by qingpingzhu
[考研] 22408 352分求调剂 +4 努力的夏末 2026-04-09 4/200 2026-04-11 10:42 by maddjdld
[考研] 农业管理302分求调剂 +3 xuening1 2026-04-10 3/150 2026-04-11 10:18 by zhq0425
[考研] 0831生医工第一轮调剂失败求助 +10 小熊睿睿_s 2026-04-11 13/650 2026-04-11 10:04 by maddjdld
[考研] 277 数一104,学硕,求调剂 +19 瓶子PZ 2026-04-09 21/1050 2026-04-11 09:39 by 逆水乘风
[考研] 考研调剂 +26 硕星赴 2026-04-09 27/1350 2026-04-10 22:24 by 猪会飞
[考研] 285求调剂 +9 AZMK 2026-04-07 11/550 2026-04-10 15:24 by AZMK
[考研] 282,电气工程专业,求调剂,不挑专业 +9 jggshjkkm 2026-04-10 9/450 2026-04-10 14:55 by 逆水乘风
[考研] 求调剂 +15 张zic 2026-04-05 16/800 2026-04-10 08:12 by kangsm
[考研] 353求调剂 +8 晴空万里air 2026-04-07 8/400 2026-04-09 00:18 by GouQ
[考研] 材料调剂 +11 一样YWY 2026-04-07 11/550 2026-04-07 15:13 by shdgaomin
[考研] 081200-11408-367学硕求调剂 +4 1_2_3111 2026-04-06 4/200 2026-04-07 08:13 by jp9609
[考研] 285求调剂 +15 哦呦呼o 2026-04-04 17/850 2026-04-06 23:02 by chenzhimin
[考研] 338求调剂 +4 我想上岸ii 2026-04-05 4/200 2026-04-06 21:04 by 木子君1218
[考研] 一志愿河北工业大学材料工程,初试344求专硕调剂 +6 15933906766 2026-04-05 6/300 2026-04-06 13:21 by 无际的草原
[考研] 348求调剂 +3 车厘子zzz 2026-04-05 3/150 2026-04-05 20:30 by 啵啵啵0119
[考研] 272求调剂 +4 电气李 2026-04-05 4/200 2026-04-05 10:41 by lbsjt
信息提示
请填处理意见