These pages are being updated. You can find a full archive on OSF: https://osf.io/yzf6x/.
Our work is split into 3 main streams and one catch-all (click a title for more information) -
1. Artificial Intelligence and legislation
Using AI (LLMs & machine learning) to help drafters identify logical structures & key elements within legislation.
2. Non-technical guidance & training for drafters
Helping to improve the logical rigour of drafting by taking insights from modern logic and computing, but without using any tech.
3. Parsing exercises
Producing imaginary & real examples of provisions formalised with different forms of mark-up, as well as in Mermaid, QnA & Excel, and possibly in DataLex, L4 and Blawx.
4. Other - “Common Legislative Solutions”, an IDE-like drafting tool, Interpretation Law modernisation
- Common Legislative Solutions - parsing & digitising model provisions in a Jersey-adapted version of CLS.
- IDE-like drafting tool - a basic specification, with illustrative mock-ups, of a potential tool for legislative drafters, adapting the “Integratred Development Environments” that help programmers to code.
- Interpretation Law for the digital age - seeing if there is scope for updating the Interpretation Law (and Interpretation Acts in other countries) to work better for humans and computers.
Animation showing basic highlighting of an offence provision