1. e-Justice is based on e-Law By Anton Tomažič

2. A New Era in Legal Information So far: “strings of characters” IT can do much more Recognizing the MEANING of the texts Law: precise and determined Language technologies Artificial intelligence Meta data Man : computer

3. General concepts References Automatic consolidation Comparative law (EU)‏ Basis for expert systems Modernization of Administration and Justice Improved quality of Legal Information Increased efficiency Implementing AI

4. Beyond Expert Systems They are not AI Self-correction Continuous learning Algorithms for recognition of legal rules Machine learning Meta data Legal KNOWLEDGE

5. Legal Ontologies “Core ontology” Domain ontologies Semantic Web, OWL Web Ontology Language Dalos project (legislation)‏ CaseLex (exchange of case documents)‏ ICAIL, JURIX

6. Procedures are ideal for AI Strong determination Administrative procedures (e-Government)‏ Judicial procedures User friendly

7. Improving Legislation Consistency and quality of legal texts Increased accuracy (reduced ambiguity)‏ More precise and more dull Editors for legislative drafting Comparability and harmonization in the EU

8. Improving Search Existing search engines are “dumb” They use statistics and other “tricks” First REAL legal search engine Unimagined new possibilities

9. Complete Law in Your Pocket On DVD, USBs and hand-held devices Legal books, legislation, cases, articles When does it become legal KNOWLEDGE? Meta data

10. Digitalisation of legal files Globalisation of Legal Services Three steps –“Pictures” –Data warehouses –AI modules Multimedia

11. Modernisation of Courts Back office based on the legislation in force Automatic allocation Flow chart of court proceedings Alerting in case of changed legislation Drafting of court decisions

12. Online ADR! Online arbitration and mediation Checking with the “virtual judge” Fewer unnecessary legal actions Reducing the number of unnecessary law suits

13. International project