Using WYSH Computer Programs to Model: The Alien Tort Claims Act

16 Pages Posted: 10 Oct 2007

Abstract

This paper argues that an artificial intelligence algorithm can model some of the principles of civil procedure. The binary conditionals used in civil procedure - e.g., personal jurisdiction exists/does not exist - correspond closely to the Boolean logic used by computers. Modeling procedural rules on a computer is thus possible and possibly useful. To illustrate this thesis, this paper applies the WYSH computer programming language to the Alien Tort Claims Act and Torture Victim Protection Act.

Keywords: Alien Tort Statute Claims Act, AI Artificial Intelligence

JEL Classification: K13

Suggested Citation

Engle, Eric, Using WYSH Computer Programs to Model: The Alien Tort Claims Act. Yale Journal of Law & Technology, 2003-2004, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1020449

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