Understanding legal differences between Japan and foreign countries is essential but challenging due to complex legal texts. This study develops an automated system for mapping similar provisions using a multilingual model and fine-tuning with a legal corpus. Unlike previous one-to-one mapping methods, our approach supports one-to-many mappings. Experiments on Japanese and German Civil Codes showed improved accuracy, leveraging a government-provided translation to overcome language barriers. Fine-tuning further improved performance, demonstrating our approach’s effectiveness. Our method contributes to comparative law research by enabling more accurate and efficient legal provision mapping across jurisdictions.

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A Multilingual Legal Provision Mapping Across Jurisdictions: A One-to-Many Approach

  • Toshinori Takahashi,
  • Tarou Shibuya,
  • Makoto Nakamura

摘要

Understanding legal differences between Japan and foreign countries is essential but challenging due to complex legal texts. This study develops an automated system for mapping similar provisions using a multilingual model and fine-tuning with a legal corpus. Unlike previous one-to-one mapping methods, our approach supports one-to-many mappings. Experiments on Japanese and German Civil Codes showed improved accuracy, leveraging a government-provided translation to overcome language barriers. Fine-tuning further improved performance, demonstrating our approach’s effectiveness. Our method contributes to comparative law research by enabling more accurate and efficient legal provision mapping across jurisdictions.