Toward a new language of legal drafting
Matthew Roach
TL;DR
This paper advocates for lawyers to adopt document markup languages, similar to practices in web development and digital publishing, to improve legal drafting efficiency and clarity.
Contribution
It introduces the idea of applying markup language principles to legal drafting, proposing a new standardized approach for legal documents.
Findings
Markup language can enhance legal document clarity
Legal drafting efficiency improves with structured formats
Potential for automation in legal document creation
Abstract
Lawyers should write in document markup language just like web developers, digital publishers, scientists, and almost everyone else
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Taxonomy
TopicsArtificial Intelligence in Law · Comparative and International Law Studies · Legal Language and Interpretation