Machine-reading and machine-execution law: essential, linguistic and mental aspects

Abstract

In the article machine readability and machine executability of law can be considered as an imperative of digital transformation in the legal field. In the field of machine reading and machine execution of law, there are many subjects for discussion that are within the limits of purely utilitarian issues related exclusively to the field of information technology and focusing on issues of information systems, programming languages, technologies and tools for machine reading and machine execution and etc., and those that reach the level of problems of a mental, ontological, semiotic, hermeneutic and other nature. The author indicated terms that are significant for the problem under study are indicated and their definitions are given. Some issues related to the essential, linguistic and mental aspects of ensuring machine-readable and machine-executable law are highlighted.