A Methodology for a Criminal Law and Procedure Ontology for Legal Question Answering

Biralatei Fawei; Jeff Z. Pan; Martin Kollingbaum; Adam Z. Wyner

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-04284-4_14

A Methodology for a Criminal Law and Procedure Ontology for Legal Question Answering

Biralatei Fawei, Jeff Z. Pan, Martin Kollingbaum, Adam Z. Wyner

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Abstract

The Internet and the development of the semantic web have created the opportunity to provide structured legal data on the web. However, most legal information is in text. It is difficult to automatically determine the right natural language answer about the law to a given natural language question. One approach is to develop systems of legal ontologies and rules. Our example ontology represents semantic information about USA criminal law and procedure as well as the applicable legal rules. The purpose of the ontology is to provide reasoning support to an legal question answering tool that determines entailment between a pair of texts, one known as the Background information (Bg) and the other Question statement (Q), whether Bg entails Q based on the application of the law. The key contribution of this paper is a clear and well-structured methodology that serves to develop such criminal law ontologies and rules (CLOR).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Semantic Technology
Subtitle of host publication	8th Joint International Conference, JIST 2018, Awaji, Japan, November 26–28, 2018, Proceedings
Editors	Ryutaro Ichise, Freddy Lecue, Takahiro Kawamura, Dongyan Zhao, Stephen Muggleton, Kouji Kozaki
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	198-214
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-04284-4
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-04283-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04284-4_14
Publication status	Published - 14 Nov 2018
Event	The 8th Joint International Semantic Technology Conference - Awaji City, Japan Duration: 26 Nov 2018 → 28 Nov 2018 http://jist2018.knowledge-graph.jp/

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer, Cham
Volume	11341
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	The 8th Joint International Semantic Technology Conference
Abbreviated title	JIST 2018
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Awaji City
Period	26/11/18 → 28/11/18
Internet address	http://jist2018.knowledge-graph.jp/

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

Ontology
Legal rules
Bar examination

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Fawei, B., Pan, J. Z., Kollingbaum, M., & Wyner, A. Z. (2018). A Methodology for a Criminal Law and Procedure Ontology for Legal Question Answering. In R. Ichise, F. Lecue, T. Kawamura, D. Zhao, S. Muggleton, & K. Kozaki (Eds.), Semantic Technology: 8th Joint International Conference, JIST 2018, Awaji, Japan, November 26–28, 2018, Proceedings (pp. 198-214). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 11341). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04284-4_14

Fawei, Biralatei ; Pan, Jeff Z. ; Kollingbaum, Martin et al. / A Methodology for a Criminal Law and Procedure Ontology for Legal Question Answering. Semantic Technology: 8th Joint International Conference, JIST 2018, Awaji, Japan, November 26–28, 2018, Proceedings. editor / Ryutaro Ichise ; Freddy Lecue ; Takahiro Kawamura ; Dongyan Zhao ; Stephen Muggleton ; Kouji Kozaki. Cham : Springer, 2018. pp. 198-214 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Fawei, B, Pan, JZ, Kollingbaum, M & Wyner, AZ 2018, A Methodology for a Criminal Law and Procedure Ontology for Legal Question Answering. in R Ichise, F Lecue, T Kawamura, D Zhao, S Muggleton & K Kozaki (eds), Semantic Technology: 8th Joint International Conference, JIST 2018, Awaji, Japan, November 26–28, 2018, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 11341, Springer, Cham, pp. 198-214, The 8th Joint International Semantic Technology Conference, Awaji City, Japan, 26/11/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04284-4_14

A Methodology for a Criminal Law and Procedure Ontology for Legal Question Answering. / Fawei, Biralatei; Pan, Jeff Z.; Kollingbaum, Martin et al.
Semantic Technology: 8th Joint International Conference, JIST 2018, Awaji, Japan, November 26–28, 2018, Proceedings. ed. / Ryutaro Ichise; Freddy Lecue; Takahiro Kawamura; Dongyan Zhao; Stephen Muggleton; Kouji Kozaki. Cham: Springer, 2018. p. 198-214 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 11341).

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Fawei B, Pan JZ, Kollingbaum M, Wyner AZ. A Methodology for a Criminal Law and Procedure Ontology for Legal Question Answering. In Ichise R, Lecue F, Kawamura T, Zhao D, Muggleton S, Kozaki K, editors, Semantic Technology: 8th Joint International Conference, JIST 2018, Awaji, Japan, November 26–28, 2018, Proceedings. Cham: Springer. 2018. p. 198-214. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-04284-4_14

A Methodology for a Criminal Law and Procedure Ontology for Legal Question Answering

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