Natural language processing in C<scp>LIME</scp>, a multilingual legal advisory system
Abstract This paper describes CLIME, a web-based legal advisory system with a multilingual natural language interface. CLIME is a ‘proof-of-concept’ system which answers queries relating to ship-building and ship-operating regulations. Its core knowledge source is a set of such regulations...
Artificial intelligence (AI) and financial technology (FinTech) in Tanzania; legal and regulatory issues
Purpose This paper aims to investigate the legal challenges arising from the increasing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) within the financial industry. It examines issues such as data privacy, cyber security, fraud and consumer protection, as well as ethical concerns...
The intellectual property road to the knowledge economy: remarks on the readiness of the UAE Copyright Act to drive AI innovation
Copyright law in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has the capacity to address the challenges associated with artificial intelligence (AI)-generated literary, artistic and scientific works. Under UAE copyright law, AI-generated works may qualify as copyright subject matter despite the non-human...
Standard Structure of Legal Provisions -For The Legal Knowledge Processing by Natural Language-
“AI Am Here to Represent You”: Understanding How Institutional Logics Shape Attitudes Toward Intelligent Technologies in Legal Work
The implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) in work is increasingly common across industries and professions. This study explores professional discourse around perceptions and use of intelligent technologies in the legal industry. Drawing on institutional theory, we conducted 30 semi-structured interviews...
Beyond Personhood
This paper examines the evolution of legal personhood and explores whether historical precedents—from corporate personhood to environmental legal recognition—can inform frameworks for governing artificial intelligence (AI). By tracing the development of persona ficta in Roman law and subsequent expansions of...
Artificial Intelligence and Space Technologies: Legal, Ethical and Technological Issues
The article is devoted to the study of the specifics of the legal regulation of the use and development of artificial intelligence for the space area and the related issues of observation of fundamental human rights. Some approaches to the...
A Comparative Study of Undue Influence and Unfair Conduct in Contract Law Using NLP and Knowledge Graphs: Bridging Common Law and Chinese Legal Systems Through Computational Legal Intelligence
This study explores intelligent identification methods for undue influence and grossly unfair clauses from the cross-perspectives of artificial intelligence and comparative contract law, focusing on the integration of intelligent text analysis and legal knowledge graph technology. By constructing a dual...
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Predicting Outcomes of Legal Cases based on Legal Factors using Classifiers
Predicting outcomes of legal cases may aid in the understanding of the judicial decision-making process. Outcomes can be predicted based on i) case-specific legal factors such as type of evidence ii) extra-legal factors such as the ideological direction of the...
INTERNATIONAL LAW BASES OF REGULATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ROBOTIC ENGINEERING
The article discusses the features of international legal regulation of the development and application of artificial intelligence and robotics in the world. The focus of international organizations on maintaining an optimal balance between the interests of society and the state...
Computation of minimum-time feedback control laws for discrete-time systems with state-control constraints
The problem of finding a feedback law that drives the state of a linear discrete-time system to the origin in minimum-time subject to state-control constraints is considered. Algorithms are given to obtain facial descriptions of the <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">M</tex> -step...
Critical perspectives on AI in education: political economy, discrimination, commercialization, governance and ethics
AI in education is not only a challenging area of technical development and educational innovation, but increasingly the focus of critical analysis informed by the social sciences, philosophy and theory. This chapter provides an overview of critical perspectives on AI...
Demystifying the Draft EU Artificial Intelligence Act — Analysing the good, the bad, and the unclear elements of the proposed approach
AI standardization promises to support the implementation of EU legislation and promote the rapid transfer,transparency, and interoperability of this massively disruptive technology. However, apart from well-known practical difficulties stemming from the unique probabilistic nature and the rapid development of AI...
Digital Monsters: Reconciling AI Narratives as Investigations of Legal Personhood for Artificial Intelligence
Cultural legal investigations of the nexus between law, culture and society are crucial for developing our understanding of how the relationships between humans and artificially intelligent entities (AIE) will evolve along with the technology itself. However, narratives of artificial intelligence...
The Questionable Legality of IEEPA Tariffs: Does the Major Questions Doctrine Apply?
Introduction Since his second inauguration on January 20, 2025, President Trump has revived the practice of imposing tariffs and has pushed the boundaries of the President’s authority to do so. Traditional tariff authorities, like Section 232 of the Trade Expansion...
Algorithmic discrimination in the credit domain: what do we know about it?
Abstract The widespread usage of machine learning systems and econometric methods in the credit domain has transformed the decision-making process for evaluating loan applications. Automated analysis of credit applications diminishes the subjectivity of the decision-making process. On the other hand,...
Volume 2025, No. 2
Residual State Power to Regulate Presidential Qualifications in The Wake Of Trump v. Anderson and Moore v. Harper by Vikram David Amar; History, Tradition, and Voter Registration by Joshua A. Douglas; “The Real Preference Of Voters”: Madison’s Idea of a...
Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of many digital technologies currently under development.1 In recent years, it is having increasing repercussions in the field of law. These repercussions go beyond the traditional effect of an economic and industrial evolution. Indeed, the...
Accessibility @ UW-Madison
Providing the university community the information they need to design an accessible environment. Ensuring equal access to programs, services, and events for people with disabilities is our shared responsibility towards right-doing and benefits everyone. Information for people with disabilities, whether...
UW Theme 2.0 is now available!
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Volume 2025, No. 5
Foreword by Miriam Seifter, Robert Yablon & Bree Grossi Wilde; The Next Chapter in Health Care Federalism: Expanding Medicaid from the Ground Up by Michelle Wilde Anderson & Lina Volin; Local Government Standing as State Standing by Katharine Cooney &...
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The Wisconsin Law Review presents: The Shadow Carceral State Registration available here.Date and Time Friday, September 26 9:00am – 5:30pm CDT Location Madison Museum of Contemporary Art 227 State Street Madison, WI 53703 CLE for this event is pending.Summary On...
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