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From: gunderson@aiag.enet.dec.com
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Subject: Re: Expert Systems for Legislative Reasoning
Keywords: expert system, legislation, social security
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Date: 31 Aug 90 18:23:30 GMT
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>I have to -rapidly- prepare a summary of work that has been done on expert
>systems for legislative reasoning, so any assistance would be much
appreciated.

Aren't  Legislative and Reasoning a contradiction in terms?

More seriously, there is a lot of work going on in this area.
Look for material in the category "AI and the Law."  There
was an article in AI Magazine a few years ago about an
Expert System for the British Nationality Act.  There is  also 
a lot of activity in this area at Northeastern University in Boston.
I believe they have established a Center for Computer Science
and the Law.   Carol Hafner in the College of Computer Science
or Don Berman in the Law school at Northeastern might be able
to help you.

A. Gunderson