BEIRUT: The Beirut Bar Association in collaboration with Sader
Publishers launched an electronic legal database Wednesday in a bid to
make legal information more accessible to lawyers in the country and
across the region.
The Bar Association held a ceremony at its headquarters to celebrate the launch of the new electronic database or “legal portal,” in the presence of a large number of jurists, lawyers and apprentices.
“We are not exaggerating when we say that thousands – no, hundreds of thousands – of entries of legal information are now available to lawyers in a scientific and practical manner at the press of a button,” said Amal Haddad, head of the Bar Association.
During the ceremony, a member of the bar, Nader Kaspar, gave a detailed presentation of the legal portal and how to navigate it, specifying that lawyers would need a password to enter the site.
Joseph Sader, the head of Sader Publishers, a leading legal publishing house, explained that the legal portal would facilitate the work of lawyers and allow them to easily refer to legal provisions and interpretations.
“We have finally modernized the legal library and ensured correlation between Lebanese laws, the decisions of Courts of Cassation, and Sader’s legal publications,” he said, adding the database can be accessed by lawyers through the Bar Association’s website.
“Through this work, we aim to establish [in the country] a distinctive and exemplary legal library fit to be a reference for all states in the region,” he said.
Haddad emphasized the Bar Association’s interest in providing an opportunity for lawyers to view legal texts, courts’ jurisprudence, and scholarly legal literature speedily and accurately.
“The association plays a leading role in keeping pace with technological progress by finding a reference that ensures lawyers’ access to ‘legal knowledge,’ … [which is why] Sader legal publications is a strategic partner for the association,” Haddad said.
According to Haddad, the database includes a collection of “Lebanon’s laws,” a collection of legislative and regulatory texts enforced in the country since the Ottoman era, Sader’s collection on decisions issued by Cassation Courts since 1919 and Sader’s bestselling collection on legislation and jurisprudence.
The Bar Association held a ceremony at its headquarters to celebrate the launch of the new electronic database or “legal portal,” in the presence of a large number of jurists, lawyers and apprentices.
“We are not exaggerating when we say that thousands – no, hundreds of thousands – of entries of legal information are now available to lawyers in a scientific and practical manner at the press of a button,” said Amal Haddad, head of the Bar Association.
During the ceremony, a member of the bar, Nader Kaspar, gave a detailed presentation of the legal portal and how to navigate it, specifying that lawyers would need a password to enter the site.
Joseph Sader, the head of Sader Publishers, a leading legal publishing house, explained that the legal portal would facilitate the work of lawyers and allow them to easily refer to legal provisions and interpretations.
“We have finally modernized the legal library and ensured correlation between Lebanese laws, the decisions of Courts of Cassation, and Sader’s legal publications,” he said, adding the database can be accessed by lawyers through the Bar Association’s website.
“Through this work, we aim to establish [in the country] a distinctive and exemplary legal library fit to be a reference for all states in the region,” he said.
Haddad emphasized the Bar Association’s interest in providing an opportunity for lawyers to view legal texts, courts’ jurisprudence, and scholarly legal literature speedily and accurately.
“The association plays a leading role in keeping pace with technological progress by finding a reference that ensures lawyers’ access to ‘legal knowledge,’ … [which is why] Sader legal publications is a strategic partner for the association,” Haddad said.
According to Haddad, the database includes a collection of “Lebanon’s laws,” a collection of legislative and regulatory texts enforced in the country since the Ottoman era, Sader’s collection on decisions issued by Cassation Courts since 1919 and Sader’s bestselling collection on legislation and jurisprudence.
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