AI & Law: Legal Sentiment Analysis And Opinion Mining

Using AI for legal sentiment analysis and opinion mining

by Dr. Lance B. Eliot

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Key briefing points about this article:

• Questions abound about the role of sentimentality and emotion with the halls of justice
• A famous court case entailing a Tribute to a Dog is legendary for a sentimental closing argument
• AI can be utilized to try and gauge sentimentality within a written record of a court case
• There is also the use of AI for real-time sentimentality detection and for opinion mining
• The future could entail using AI routinely in this rooting out role, but qualms remain

Introduction

Let’s consider how sentimentality can be intertwined into the courts, though presumably there is supposedly no place for sappiness or emotional turpitude therein. One of the most revered closing arguments in an American courtroom took place in 1870 as part of the now-classic court case Burden v Hornsby. The eloquent remarks became known as the famed Tribute to a Dog. This is the…