@inproceedings{8b981ebc0bcf48de88b9b95fec664af2,
title = "Towards Measures of Complexity: Applying Structural and Linguistic Metrics to German Laws",
abstract = "The increasing complexity of legal systems has many origins, which are worth a deeper analysis. This paper is an attempt to unveil the complexity in legal texts driven by structural, lexical and syntactical properties. Thereby we transferred established quantitative methods from structural network analysis and linguistics into the domain of legal text analysis. Based on 3 553 German laws, respectively regulations, we calculated several structural and lexical indicators for complexity and determined highly significant correlations (p ≤ 0.01). The papers' contribution is a set of metrics, enabling a structured and objective comparison of legal texts regarding their complexity.",
keywords = "German law, complexity, legal texts, measures, readability",
author = "Bernhard Waltl and Florian Matthes",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 The authors and IOS Press. All rights reserved.; 27th International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems, JURIX 2014 ; Conference date: 10-12-2014 Through 12-12-2014",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.3233/978-1-61499-468-8-153",
language = "English",
series = "Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications",
publisher = "IOS Press BV",
pages = "153--162",
editor = "Rinke Hoekstra",
booktitle = "Legal Knowledge and Information Systems - JURIX 2014",
}