Computer Power and Legal Language: The Use of Computational Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence, and Expert Systems in the Law

Introduction by Charles Walter Precise Meaning and Open Texture in Legal Writing and Reading by Peter Linzer Elements of Legal Language by Charles Walter Toward a Model of Legal Argumentation by Donald Berman and Charles Walter A Brief Introduction to Logic Programming and Its Applications in Law by Marek Sergot Toward A Rule-Based Representation of Open Texture in Law by Trevor Bench-Capon and Marek Sergot A Semantic Representation of the Pre-Contractual and Contractual Verbs of Exchange by J. Hook The Discourse Properties of the Criminal Status by Michael Hoey The Implementation of CCLIPS by George Cross, Cary deBessonet, Teri Bradshaw, Glynn Durham, Rittick Gupta, and Mohammed Nasiruddin Representing Contractual Situations by Seth Goldman, Michael Dyer, and Margot Flowers The Text Retrieval System as a Conversation Factor by Jon Bing Natural Language Interfaces by Michael Hoey and Charles Walter Semiotic Orders in Law by Michael Heather Distinguishing Legal Language-Types for Conceptual Retrieval by Cary deBessonet and George Cross The Basic Logic for the Interpetation of Legal Texts by Hector-Neri Castaneda Obstacles to the Development of Logic-Based Models of Legal Reasoning by Donald Berman and Carole Hafner The Relation between Language Studies and Expert Systems by J. C. Gardin An Experiment with Normalized Statutes in an Emycin Expert System by Grayfred Gray Exploring Computer-Aided Generation of Question for Normalizing Legal Rules by Layman Allen and Charles Saxon Expert System Shells and the Judicial Process: An Evaluation by Bethany Dumas and Charles Walter Expert Systems for Law by Charles Walter Toward a Legal Expert System Shell: A Prolog Implementation by C. Duncan MacRae and Elizabeth Chase MacRae State of the Art of Computerization in Law Practice by Charles Walter Index