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Employing Artificial Intelligence in the Interpretation of Contracts: A Legal Analysis
(University of North Bengal, 2023-09) Singh, Ravindra Kumar
interpretation of contracts — as a subject — has been gaining more and more prominence and advancing at a very fast pace, as both in domestic and crossborder transactions, the main issue which the court or the tribunal, in a contractual dispute, normally addresses is in relation to the contract interpretation. Parties generally express their contract through a human language. Being an organic discipline, the language does not have a mathematical preciseness, for the meaning of the words and phrases keeps growing, evolving and expanding. Consequently, a contract is always to be construed against its context and background. These amazing facts about the language make the phenomenon of contract interpretation all the more fascinating as well as challenging. As artificial intelligence (AI) has been increasingly making inroads into different walks of life and functioning, therefore, the judicial system, judicial processes and dispute resolution systems cannot distance away from AI. Specifically, with regard to the interpretation of contract and AI, two legal questions arise: (a) what assistance, if any, can technology provide in the process of contract interpretation? (b) Whether the process of contract interpretation, with the help of appropriate technology or AI, be automated? These questions indeed unwrap a new area of legal research with the aim of examining whether or not the process of interpretation of contract can be automated. The first section of this paper introduces the subject and opens up the discussion. The second section explores the possibility of using technology for either interpreting a contract or providing aid in the process of interpretation. The third section critically reconnoitres the extent to which automation is possible in the process of interpretation of contracts. The fourth section highlights the limitations of the court in using AI for the contract interpretation. Finally, the last section concludes the discussion.
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Enigma Called Insanity: Exploring the Defence of Insanity in Criminal Law with Special Reference to Multiple Personality Disorder
(University of North Bengal, 2019-09) Roy, Souvik
The human brain is one of the most complex creations of nature and so is the defence of insanity, arising out of the same human mind. This paper elaborately discusses the different landmark rules that have affected the interpretation of this defence from time to time. Next, it also highlights the different forms of insanity mainly dealing with automatism and psychopathy while debating whether these could be fairly categorized under the defence of insanity. Furthermore, explicit discussion on the phenomenon of multiple personality disorder (MPD) coupled with a unique attempt to link MPD with the defence of insanity in criminal law has been ventured upon. The paper, therefore further enumerates the different approaches adopted in order to interpret MPD in the light of insanity defence, namely the Unified Approach, the Host Personality Approach and the Clinical Approach. Lastly, the researchers also proposed of introducing and applying the Brain Electrical Oscillation Signature Profiling Test vis-a-vis BEOS test, to determine the certainty of the existence of the disorder in the suspect, to a great extent. The test could help in ascertaining the criminal culpability to a greater degree. This research piece attempts to justify the above proposition by taking a hypothetical scenario and explaining the technique involved. The authors of this paper hereby declare that the same is original and unpublished before on any platform.