Signal Phrase Extraction: Gateway to Information Retrieval Improvement in Law Texts

Natalia Sidorova, Michael van der Veen

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Abstract

NLP-based techniques can support in improving understanding of legal text documents. In this work we present a semi-automatic framework to extract signal phrases from legislative texts for an arbitrary European language. Through a case study using Dutch legislation, we demonstrate that it is feasible to extract these phrases reliably with a small number of supporting domain experts. Finally, we argue how in future works our framework could be utilized with existing methods to be applied to different languages.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLegal Knowledge and Information Systems - JURIX 2021
Subtitle of host publicationThe 34th Annual Conference
EditorsErich Schweighofer
PublisherIOS Press
Pages127-130
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-64368-253-2
ISBN (Print)978-1-64368-252-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Dec 2021

Publication series

NameFrontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
PublisherIOS Press
Volume346
ISSN (Print)0922-6389
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8314

Keywords

  • Information retrieval
  • Legislative texts
  • Signal phrase extraction

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