{"title":"Rule-Based Systems for Decision Support and Decision-Making in Dutch Legal Practice. A Brief Overview of Applications and Implications","authors":"I. Timmer, R. Rietveld","doi":"10.3917/drs1.103.0517","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"French/English abstract: Les systemes d’aide a la prise de decision jouent un role important dans la pratique juridique aux Pays-Bas. Divers organismes gouvernementaux utilisent de tels systemes automatises pour la prise de decisions juridiques (de masse). Les departements juridiques, les cabinets d’avocats, les editeurs juridiques et d’autres organismes ont de plus en plus recours a ces outils pour appuyer et ameliorer les services d’aide juridique aux particuliers et aux entreprises. Ces outils permettent d’ameliorer l’efficacite des processus et des services juridiques, mais ils peuvent aussi avoir d’importants effets prejudiciables sur les droits des personnes ou sur la qualite juridique des services produits, en particulier lorsqu’il n’existe pas de processus de conception minutieux et transparent. Cet article donne un apercu de l’utilisation de ces systemes dans la pratique juridique neerlandaise, discute de leurs avantages, pieges et defis, puis il identifie certaines questions de recherche pour le futur. --- Rule-based systems for decision support and decision-making play an important role in Dutch legal practice. Government agencies use rule-based systems for (mass) legal decision-making. Legal departments, law firms, legal publishers and various other organizations increasingly use rule-based systems to support and improve the provision of legal aid to private individuals and corporate clients. Rule-based systems can improve efficiency of legal processes and services, but can also have important detrimental effects on the rights of individuals or legal quality, especially when there is no careful and transparent design process. This article provides an overview of the use of these systems in Dutch legal practice, discusses benefits, pitfalls and challenges and identifies questions for future research.","PeriodicalId":447334,"journal":{"name":"Droit et société","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Droit et société","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3917/drs1.103.0517","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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French/English abstract: Les systemes d’aide a la prise de decision jouent un role important dans la pratique juridique aux Pays-Bas. Divers organismes gouvernementaux utilisent de tels systemes automatises pour la prise de decisions juridiques (de masse). Les departements juridiques, les cabinets d’avocats, les editeurs juridiques et d’autres organismes ont de plus en plus recours a ces outils pour appuyer et ameliorer les services d’aide juridique aux particuliers et aux entreprises. Ces outils permettent d’ameliorer l’efficacite des processus et des services juridiques, mais ils peuvent aussi avoir d’importants effets prejudiciables sur les droits des personnes ou sur la qualite juridique des services produits, en particulier lorsqu’il n’existe pas de processus de conception minutieux et transparent. Cet article donne un apercu de l’utilisation de ces systemes dans la pratique juridique neerlandaise, discute de leurs avantages, pieges et defis, puis il identifie certaines questions de recherche pour le futur. --- Rule-based systems for decision support and decision-making play an important role in Dutch legal practice. Government agencies use rule-based systems for (mass) legal decision-making. Legal departments, law firms, legal publishers and various other organizations increasingly use rule-based systems to support and improve the provision of legal aid to private individuals and corporate clients. Rule-based systems can improve efficiency of legal processes and services, but can also have important detrimental effects on the rights of individuals or legal quality, especially when there is no careful and transparent design process. This article provides an overview of the use of these systems in Dutch legal practice, discusses benefits, pitfalls and challenges and identifies questions for future research.