LIRAI
The Second Workshop on
Legal Information Retrieval meets Artificial Intelligence
Held in conjunction with the
ACM Hypertext 2024 conference
in Poznan, Poland
10 September 2024
About the Workshop
LIRAI entails a series of workshops centered around Legal Information Retrieval and Legal Artificial Intelligence. It serves as a platform for exploring contemporary trends and addressing challenges within the realm of legal artificial intelligence, particularly emphasizing the hypertextual nature of legal documents and associated retrieval tasks.
In its second iteration, LIRAI concentrates on three primary areas:
explainable/justifiable artificial intelligence,
hybrid systems that integrate formal approaches with machine learning /deep learning methodologies, and
generative artificial intelligence.
We invite contributions in the form of both short and long papers on these subjects, with the intention of publishing them as open-access proceedings on CEUR-WS.org once again.
Relevance for the Hypertext Community
Legal documents have been linked with hypertext for a long time when it comes to managing legal information. Hypertext technologies help make legal information more accessible, collaborative, and efficient. Working with legal documents means handling information about many different types of connections. This includes clear links through citations, hidden ties from shared concepts, and structured setups, such as national laws influenced by international agreements.
Changes and additions make these connections dynamic, while related regulations and guidelines give extra guidance. Legal decisions from past cases create important connections, and references inside documents help keep everything consistent. In places with different levels of laws (such as federal and state laws), recognizing these connections is crucial for a thorough understanding of legal information. It helps guide legal professionals through the complex web of legal knowledge.