Explaining legal judgments: A multitask learning framework for enhancing factual consistency in rationale generation

The explanation of legal judgments is crucial for the transparency, fairness, and trustworthiness, aiming to provide rationales for decision-making. While previous works have focused on improving the accuracy of legal judgment prediction, the lack of explainability seriously limits the practical app...

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Published in:	Journal of King Saud University: Computer and Information Sciences
Main Authors:	Congqing He, Tien-Ping Tan, Sheng Xue, Yanyu Tan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Springer 2023-12-01
Subjects:	Legal judgments Explanation Rationale generation Event Chain Factual consistency
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319157823004226