Title :
LawBot: a multiagent assistant for legal research
Author :
Debnath, Sandip ; Sen, Sandip ; Blackstock, Brent
Author_Institution :
Tulsa Univ., OK, USA
Abstract :
LawBot is a system of Internet based agents that help to collect and organize the statutes and case histories relevant to a legal search. The system includes an ontology that maps colloquial terms to corresponding legal terminology, thus simplifying the system´s use by people outside the legal profession
Keywords :
Internet; information retrieval; law administration; search engines; software agents; Internet based agents; LawBot; case histories; colloquial terms; legal profession; legal research; legal search; legal terminology; multiagent assistant; ontology; statutes; Constitution; Costs; Databases; Indexes; Information processing; Internet; Law; Legal factors; Libraries; Search engines;
Journal_Title :
Internet Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/4236.895013
