"Computer Power and Legal Language" explores the central issues
involved in the use of computers to conduct legal business. The
contributors, all experts in their field, take as their starting
point fundamental questions about the potential utility of
computational models of linguistics, intelligence, and logic in the
law: Is it possible to use computing to communicate in the manner
legal experts do? Can legal language be represented in
computational form? How does natural language serve as both a
bridge and a major stumbling block for the communication of
concepts--both among jurists and computers? In answering these and
other questions regarding computers in the law, the contributors
present the results of research on the cutting edge of legal
informatics, expert systems, and legal language, and they introduce
important new applications of computers for lawyers.
Walter begins with an introductory chapter on the ways language
is used in law. Subsequent chapters address a wide range of
concerns: the relationship between precision in meaning and open
texture in legal writing; the application of logic programming to
law; a semantic representation of pre-contractual and contractual
verbs of exchange; the use of CCLIPS, a computer program that reads
and understands the Louisiana civil code; the interface between
human users and legal information retrieval systems; and more. A
state-of-the-art contribution to current research in the field,
this book offers a much-needed synthesis of current theory and
practice regarding computers and legal language.
General
Imprint: |
Praeger Publishers Inc
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 1988 |
First published: |
December 1988 |
Authors: |
Charles Walter
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
406 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-89930-306-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Law >
General
|
LSN: |
0-89930-306-4 |
Barcode: |
9780899303062 |
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