Some Requirements for a Computer-Based Legal Consultant

SOME REQUIREMENTS FOR A COMPUTER-BASED LEGAL CONSULTANT L. Thorne McCarty Faculty of Law, SUNY at Buffalo Laboratory for Computer Science Research, Rutgers Although the literature on computer-based consultation systems has often suggested the possibility of building an expert system in the field of law (see, e.g., [2]) it is only recently that several AI researchers have begun to explore this possibility seriously. Recent projects include: the development of a computational theory of legal reasoning, using corporate tax law as an experimental problem domain