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An information retrieval system based on a computer model of legal knowledge

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The article was published on 1981-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 65 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Human–computer information retrieval & Cognitive models of information retrieval.

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Representing teleological structure in case-based legal reasoning: the missing link

TL;DR: A model for representing the teleological components of legal decisions is proposed and a method for utilizing this representation in a HYPO-like framework for case-based legal argument is suggested.
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Text retrieval in the legal world

TL;DR: An introduction to text retrieval is provided and the main research related to the retrieval of legal materials is surveyed.
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BankXX: Supporting legal arguments through heuristic retrieval

TL;DR: How legal research fits the heuristic search framework and detail how this model is used in BankXX, the BankXX program with emphasis on its representation of legal knowledge and legal argument.
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The role of context in case-based legal reasoning: teleological, temporal, and procedural

TL;DR: It is argued that robust models of case-based legal reasoning must also consider the broader social and jurisprudential context in which legal precedents are decided, and an expanded computational framework is outlined that encompasses the reasoning of the examples, and provides a foundation for generating a more robust set of legal arguments.
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Representation of legal text for conceptual retrieval

TL;DR: There is a story of a Vermont justice of the peace before whom a suit was brought by one farmer against another for breaking a chum, and the justice took time to consider, and then said that he had looked through the statutes and could find nothing about chums, and gave judgment for the defendant.
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Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person

TL;DR: In this article, the concept of a person is defined as a concept such that both predicates ascribing states of consciousness and predicates attributing corporeal characteristics are equally applicable to a single individual of that single type.