การใช้สารสนเทศทางกฎหมายของนิติกรในสังกัดสำนักงานศาลยุติธรรม

Abstract

The aims of this research are to study the problems and the uses of legal information by the legal officers in the Office of the Judiciary, including a comparison of the use and the problems of legal information, according to their levels of education and work experiences, and using the quantitative research method. The samples consisted of 140 legal officers in the Office of the Judiciary by using the stratified sampling method. The data were collected through questionnaires and analyzed by descriptive statistics, including percentage, mean, standard deviation, and an independent sample t-test. The results revealed that the study showed that legal officers had a high level of use of legal information. The main purpose was to increase knowledge and self-development. The most commonly used information type of print media included law books, law textbooks, law narration and explanation books. The most common way to find legal information was through search engines. The most used legal information content was criminal law. The most used internet information sources are the websites of agencies under the Office of the Judiciary. The legal officers had a moderate level of problems regarding legal information. The most common problem was legal information. For comparisons based on the variables, the levels of education and work experiences. It was found that legal officers with different levels of education made no difference in the use and the problems of legal information, while legal officers with different work experiences had different uses of legal information but no differences in terms of the problems of legal information.