This paper describes an experiment which consists in teaching a connexionnist model a legal dispute. The aim is to analyze the mode of representation of the dispute realized by the model, and to compare it with the representation elaborated by judges specialized in this kind of dispute. Comparison shows that the representation of the computer and that of the jurist are very similar, which makes...

This paper presents our work on the development of a new methodology for automatic summarization of justice decision. We describe LetSum (Legal text Summarizer), a prototype system, which determines the thematic structure of a judgment in four themes Introduction, Context, Juridical Analysis and Conclusion. Then it identifies the relevant sentences for each theme. We have carried our an evaluat...

This paper presents our work on the development of a new methodology for automatic summarization of justice decision. We describe LetSum (Legal text Summarizer), a prototype system, which determines the thematic structure of a judgment in four themes INTRODUCTION, CONTEXT, JURIDICAL ANALYSIS and CONCLUSION. Then it identifies the relevant sentences for each theme. We discuss the evaluation of p...

the principal of conformity with the law (sehat) is recognized in iranian legal system. in this article, at first we analyze this principle in respect with the iranian jurisprudence in order to demonstrate the legal evaluation. subsequently, we analyses the realistical approach of the jurist in lex mercatori in such regards with due respect to the doctrine and arbitration awards in internationa...

Abstract Scholarship and research in the field of thanatology require creative responses to address contemporary concerns regarding how people – individually collectively make sense events experiences associated with death dying. This present study focuses on broader Islamic traditions experience afterlife provides a conceptual overview practices mourning memoria. offers an exploration consider...

I argue that contemporary liberal theory cannot give a general justification for the institution or practice of punishment, i.e., a justification that would hold across a broad range of reasonably realistic conditions. I examine the general justifications offered by three prominent contemporary liberal theorists and show how their justifications fail in light of the possibility of an alternativ...

As a longtime commentator on the uneasy relationship between law and science, I was asked to review six of the symposium papers in this issue of Law and Contemporary Problems that address judicially compelled disclosure of an unretained expert’s research results and opinions. The debate embodied in these papers is both lively and well-informed. After completing my review, however, I found mysel...