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In this paper we address the problem of automatically enriching legal texts with semantic annotation, an essential pre–requisite to effective indexing and retrieval of legal documents. This is done through illustration of SALEM (Semantic Annotation for LEgal Management), a computational system developed for automated semantic annotation of (Italian) law texts. SALEM is an incremental system using Natural Language Processing techniques to perform two tasks: i) classify law paragraphs according to their regulatory content, and ii) extract relevant text fragments corresponding to specific semantic roles that are relevant for the different types of regulatory content. The paper sketches the overall architecture of SALEM and reports results of a preliminary case study on a sample of Italian law texts.
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Bartolini, R., Lenci, A., Montemagni, S., Pirrelli, V., Soria, C. (2004). Automatic Classification and Analysis of Provisions in Italian Legal Texts: A Case Study. In: Meersman, R., Tari, Z., Corsaro, A. (eds) On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2004: OTM 2004 Workshops. OTM 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3292. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30470-8_72
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