Distribution of documents in printed form is characterized by its simplicity. The recipient will only see what the printed version of the document shows and will have access to no more information than the words appearing on the pages. This situation is far different from that of electronic distribution of documents. The visual presentation of electronic documents is more flexible. The appearance of... Read more
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Preserving the Canadian Legal Heritage
30.11.1997 Tags: Daniel Poulin, Electronic Access to Law in Canada Preserving the Canadian Legal Heritage Daniel Poulin, Professor IntroductionA survey conducted by the Judges Computer Advisory Committee of the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) in January 1996 revealed that not enough was being done to preserve the Canadian judicial heritage. Of the 24 courts surveyed, only […] Read more
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Supreme Court of Canada’s cases on the Internet via SGML
15.09.1997 Tags: Daniel Poulin, Electronic Access to Law in Canada, scc Authors: Guy HuardAlain LavoieDaniel PoulinSubjects: Internet computer network (Other articles)SGML computer program languageIssue: Volume 4, Number 3 (September 1997)Category: Current Developments 1. INTRODUCTION The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) is the highest level the Canadian judiciary and its decisions... Read more
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A Computational Framework for Dialectical Reasoning
01.05.1995 Tags: Daniel Poulin, Others A Computational Framework for Dialectical ReasoningPierre St-Vincent, Daniel Poulin and Paul Bratley Dialectics are important not only in law but in every domain where knowledge is not certain; that is, everywhere assumptions must be made. After a review of recent advances in computational dialectics and related fields, we present the […] Read more
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Vagueness, Open texture and Computational dialectics
01.07.1994 Tags: Daniel Poulin, Others Vagueness, Open texture and Computational dialecticsPierre St-Vincent, Daniel Poulin, Paul Bratley In this paper we are seeking general definitions of vagueness. They have much to do with dialectical reasoning since we are interested in vagueness caused by differing opinions, or points of view, about the definition of concepts. Read more
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A Contradiction Management System
01.01.1994 Tags: Daniel Poulin, Others A Contradiction Management SystemPaul Bratley, Pierre St-Vincent and Daniel Poulin In most existing systems that give expert advice, efforts are made to ensure that the rules in the knowledge base do not give rise to contradictions. This is partly to avoid confusing the user, and partly for fear that a […] Read more
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Contradiction and Confirmation
18.09.1993 Tags: Daniel Poulin, Court Technology, Others Daniel Poulin[1],Pierre St-Vincent[2] and Paul Bratley[2] [1]Centre de recherche en droit public[2]Département d’informatique et de recherche opérationnelle Université de Montréal,C.P. 6128, Succursale AMONTRÉAL (Québec),Canada H3C 3J7 Abstract. In most expert systems, efforts are made to keep the rules in the knowledge base... Read more
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Legal interpretation in expert systems
18.07.1993 Tags: Daniel Poulin, Court Technology, Others Daniel Poulin[1], Paul Bratley[2],Jacques Frémont[1] and Ejan Mackaay[1] [1]Centre de recherche en droit publicpoulind, fremont, mackaay@droit.umontreal.ca [2]Département d’informatique et de recherche opérationnellebratley@iro.umontreal.ca Université de Montréalc.p. 6128, Succursale AMontréal (Québec)Canada H3C 3J7 Paper submitted... Read more