Artificial Intelligence and Law

, Volume 24, Issue 3, pp 245–283 | Cite as

Eunomos, a legal document and knowledge management system for the Web to provide relevant, reliable and up-to-date information on the law

  • Guido Boella
  • Luigi Di Caro
  • Llio Humphreys
  • Livio Robaldo
  • Piercarlo Rossi
  • Leendert van der Torre
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Abstract

This paper describes the Eunomos software, an advanced legal document and knowledge management system, based on legislative XML and ontologies. We describe the challenges of legal research in an increasingly complex, multi-level and multi-lingual world and how the Eunomos software helps users cut through the information overload to get the legal information they need in an organized and structured way and keep track of the state of the relevant law on any given topic. Using NLP tools to semi-automate the lower-skill tasks makes this ambitious project a realistic commercial prospect as it helps keep costs down while at the same time allowing greater coverage. We describe the core system from workflow and technical perspectives, and discuss applications of the system for various user groups.

Keywords

Legal document management Legal ontologies Classification Knowledge acquisition and concept representation on annotations and legal texts 
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Acknowledgments

Guido Boella, Luigi Di Caro, and Leendert van der Torre have received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 690974 for the project “MIREL: MIning and REasoning with Legal texts”. Livio Robaldo has received funding from the European Unions Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 661007 for the project “ProLeMAS: PROcessing LEgal language in normative Multi-Agent Systems”.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Guido Boella
    • 1
    • 4
  • Luigi Di Caro
    • 1
    • 4
  • Llio Humphreys
    • 2
  • Livio Robaldo
    • 2
    • 4
  • Piercarlo Rossi
    • 3
    • 4
  • Leendert van der Torre
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of Computer ScienceUniversity of TurinTurinItaly
  2. 2.Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and TrustUniversity of LuxembourgEsch-sur-AlzetteLuxembourg
  3. 3.Università del Piemonte OrientaleVercelliItaly
  4. 4.Nomotika s.r.l.TurinItaly

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