Codex Online And Its Community
Codex Online thrives on the participation of its users. The site does not only assemble legal materials and makes them available online - the vitality, the dynamism and ultimately the interest of this site rests on the contribution of its users and partners.
The development of
Codex Online is subjected to the following elements:
- number and diversity, both from a legal and geographic point of view, of its contributors;
- interactivity resulting from the application of site functionality and online publishing;
- geographic and linguistic expansion of the network of the Codex Online community.
Every person wishing to publish legal materials online can do so on
Codex Online, simply by sending in their documents using the document input form for online publishing. There is no censorship apart from the necessary spam checks and random content verification.
Codex Online allows and invites legal debate online. The articles of legal doctrine and, in a more general way, all documents contained in our database can be commented and the notes and comments remain visible on the site as elements of a debate. At the same time,
Codex Online develops functionality of interaction in real time, which will be more than tools for legal chat sessions.
To sum up,
Codex Online has adopted a new approach to legal information online. This approach is international, interactive and links existing online instruments, in order to stem up participation of legal professionals. The added value brought to the market of online legal information can be summarized in the following question:
how much better would online search results be if legal professionals had a chance to add to consulted databases the kind of information they did not originally find? Codex Online makes just that possible.
Codex Online - The Law From A Different Perspective
Codex Online is the site of an international community of legal professionals with an initial focus on legal doctrine.
- Codex Online is international and multilingual;
- Codex Online is interactive;
- Codex Online is based on a global network of contributors.
The site has received its doctrinal focus for the following reasons:
Legal doctrine is not yet present enough on the Internet; and interaction between the creators and commentators of legal doctrine requires an electronic support tool which allows communication beyond geographic borders.
Codex Online relies on the concept of its dynamic community dimension. The legal professions cannot escape globalisation, because the situations and relations governed by the law are being rapidly internationalised. When legal norms have to be applied to situations which become ever more transnational, then those norms themselves are engulfed in a process of internationalisation. In order to contribute to the spreading of international relations between an ever increasing number of legal professionals,
Codex Online has defined its community dimension which serves the exchanges between jurists across the globe, regardless of geographic boundaries or time limitations. Theoreticians and practitioners of the law thus benefit from a new forum of publication, dialogue and interaction.