A principled approach to developing legal knowledge systems

In this article we present a principled, four-phased approach to the development of legal knowledge systems. We set out from the well-studied CommonKADS method for the development of knowledge systems and tailor this method to the legal domain. In particular, we propose a generic legal ontology, and...

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Published inInternational journal of human-computer studies Vol. 51; no. 6; pp. 1127 - 1154
Main Authors VAN KRALINGEN, ROBERT W., VISSER, PEPIJN R.S., BENCH-CAPON, TREVOR J.M., JAAP VAN DEN HERIK, H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.12.1999
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Information work
Knowledge management
Law
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Summary:In this article we present a principled, four-phased approach to the development of legal knowledge systems. We set out from the well-studied CommonKADS method for the development of knowledge systems and tailor this method to the legal domain. In particular, we propose a generic legal ontology, and describe the creation of statute-specific ontologies to adopt the method for building legal systems. In the construction of these ontologies, we start from a theoretical analysis of the legal domain. The well-known example of the Imperial College Library Regulations (ICLR) is used to illustrate the method.
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ISSN:1071-5819
1095-9300
DOI:10.1006/ijhc.1999.0300