Database and Expert Systems Applications pp 436-441 | Cite as
The effect of change on legal applications
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Abstract
Change is a fact of life, in law as elsewhere. The law must be stable if it is to regulate effectively the affairs of those subject to it, yet it must be open to correction when its rules need revising. For designers of legal expert systems and legal hypertext systems, coping with change is a constant challenge.
A review of the recent literature suggests that this problem is just beginning to be taken seriously. We describe some of the difficulties which must be overcome, and review some suggested solutions. Our conclusion is that most of these provide little practical help, and that the problem is still entirely open.
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Expert System Unemployment Insurance Legal Text Legal Application Bayesian Inference Network
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