A Hybrid Artificial Intelligence Methodology for Legal Analysis

Abstract

The following study introduces “Hybrid Artificial Intelligence Methodology for Legal Analysis” (HAIMLA). It consists of a six-step method to design, develop, validate and deploy artificial intelligence (AI) systems for legal analyses that are built on asynchronous unsupervised and supervised techniques applied to legal texts serialised in the Akoma Ntoso XML standard. HAIMLA methodology is drawn upon the existing literature and case studies in AI & Law and it is grounded on consolidated philosophical approaches. Taken together, this background inspires design requirements that constitute the essential pillars of HAIMLA and new directions for future refinements and implementations.

This study has been conducted with the support of the European Commission funds within ERC HyperModeLex (Grant agreement ID: 101055185). The contribution of Salvatore Sapienza is supported by Programma Operativo Nazionale (PON) “Ricerca e Innovazione” 2014–2020 CCI2014IT16M2OP005, by the Italian Ministry of University and Research.