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Differentiation and empirical analysis of reference types in legal documents

  • Technical University of Munich

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Abstract

This paper proposes an extensible model distinguishing between reference types within legal documents. It differentiates between four types of references, namely fully-explicit, semi-explicit, implicit, and tacit references. We conducted a case study on German laws to evaluate both: the model and the proposed differentiation of reference types. We adapted text mining algorithms to determine and classify the different references according to their type. The evaluation shows that the consideration of additional reference types heavily impacts the resulting network structure by inducing a plethora of new edges and relationships. This work extends the approaches made in network analysis and argues for the necessity of detailed differentiation between references throughout legal documents.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLegal Knowledge and Information Systems - JURIX 2016
Subtitle of host publicationThe 29th Annual Conference
EditorsFloris Bex, Serena Villata
PublisherIOS Press BV
Pages211-214
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781614997252
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Event29th International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems, JURIX 2016 - Nice, France
Duration: 14 Dec 201616 Dec 2016

Publication series

NameFrontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
Volume294
ISSN (Print)0922-6389
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8314

Conference

Conference29th International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems, JURIX 2016
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityNice
Period14/12/1616/12/16

Keywords

  • Citation types
  • Citations
  • Data analysis
  • Legal data science
  • Natural language processing
  • Reference types
  • References
  • Regular expression
  • Text mining

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