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In rough & ready pseudocode: from law_of_england_and_wales import persons, contract, boilerplate, jurisdiction define party1 = persons(type:ltd, with_regi

In rough & ready pseudocode: from law_of_england_and_wales import persons, contract, boilerplate, jurisdiction define party1 = persons(type:ltd, with_registration_no: 12345) define party2 = persons(type:natural, with_name:"Chris", with_address: "Acacia Avenue") define term = 1 year try: while date < term { if party1.dosomethings then party2.pay(agreed_price) && party2.dosomethings } catch breach: party_at_fault=breach.causing_party() party_not_at_fault=(if party_at_fault == party1 ? party1 : party2) party_at_fault.pay(if damages < limitationofliability ? damages : limitationofliability) if party_not_at_fault.chooses(terminate()) juridiction.set_jurisdiction(exclusive_mode) boilerplate.apply I could go all evening at expanding this. Anyone fancy adding obligations, termination, confi etc.? Source: I am a lawyer and a coder.

saltyfamiliar 5y ago
This pseudocode is fantastic. It's honestly simpler and easier to follow than English in some places.
robbedpeter 5y ago
If you could put this into an ontological solver format, like Cyc or protege ( https://protege.stanford.edu/ https://protege.stanford.edu/ ) then create a couple dozen translations of real laws into the format, you could turn gpt-3 loose on the entire set of United States federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Then propose a question to the solver using your model whereby a person can successfully sue or acquire property according to the letter of the law. There are probably hundreds of obscure unintended consequences of laws not intended to have the effects they do in practice. Figure out contract law and parse website TOS and EULAs for violations and you could probably make some money. The biggest benefit of such a system, though, would be for actual legislators, so they could run simulations of proposals to get a sense of consequences in practice. Simulation and summarization could be very powerful.
- james_in_the_uk 5y ago
  This is a fascinating thought. I wonder if the challenge will be different for legislation cf contracts. I will take a look.
dkubb 5y ago
Reading this code I can't help but try to evaluate it in my head. Question: is there a bug for the assignment of party_not_at_fault? Would you want party2 to be selected if the condition is true? Other languages I've used have the first part be the true branch, and the other the false branch.
- james_in_the_uk 5y ago
  Good spot, blame Santa … it was nearly midnight on 24 Dec :)
2Gkashmiri 5y ago
do you use something like https://docassemble.org/ https://docassemble.org/ ?
- james_in_the_uk 5y ago
  Thanks, I will check it out

saltyfamiliar 5y ago

This pseudocode is fantastic. It's honestly simpler and easier to follow than English in some places.

robbedpeter 5y ago

If you could put this into an ontological solver format, like Cyc or protege ( https://protege.stanford.edu/ https://protege.stanford.edu/ ) then create a couple dozen translations of real laws into the format, you could turn gpt-3 loose on the entire set of United States federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Then propose a question to the solver using your model whereby a person can successfully sue or acquire property according to the letter of the law. There are probably hundreds of obscure unintended consequences of laws not intended to have the effects they do in practice. Figure out contract law and parse website TOS and EULAs for violations and you could probably make some money. The biggest benefit of such a system, though, would be for actual legislators, so they could run simulations of proposals to get a sense of consequences in practice. Simulation and summarization could be very powerful.

james_in_the_uk 5y ago
This is a fascinating thought. I wonder if the challenge will be different for legislation cf contracts. I will take a look.

dkubb 5y ago

Reading this code I can't help but try to evaluate it in my head. Question: is there a bug for the assignment of party_not_at_fault? Would you want party2 to be selected if the condition is true? Other languages I've used have the first part be the true branch, and the other the false branch.

james_in_the_uk 5y ago
Good spot, blame Santa … it was nearly midnight on 24 Dec :)

2Gkashmiri 5y ago

do you use something like https://docassemble.org/ https://docassemble.org/ ?

james_in_the_uk 5y ago
Thanks, I will check it out