Intelligent information extraction from legal texts

Information and Communications Technology Law

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-26

  Moens, Marie Francine ^a   Uyttendaele, Caroline ^a   Dumortier, Jos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 77954626538     PISSN: 13600834     EISSN: 14698404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136008300111583     Document Type: Article

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