We conduct analytics research on the application of Artificial Intelligence to dispute resolution and negotiation. We have assembled a team of researchers from the fields of Management Sciences, Operations Management, Marketing, Information Systems, Finance, Business Economics and Computing Science. For more details about the practical applications of this research, see our latest paper.

 

Access to Justice Tools

 

Industry Partnerships

Deel

Deel offers innovative tools to simplify global work, payroll, and HR matters, eliminating hiring and management borders. Deel makes working together easier while staying compliant under regulations. Read about our partnership here.

Fasken Partners

Fasken is one of the largest business law firms in Canada with more than 800 lawyers and agents in ten offices on four continents. Read more about our partnership here.

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP is a leading, full-service law firm in Canada. Founded in 1823, it now has offices in Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver, Ottawa, and Calgary. Read more about our partnership here.

Publications

 

Samuel Dahan and Jonathan Benchimol, ‘The Legal Case for a Central Bank Labour Mandate’, Rethinking the Foundations of Workplace Law (2023). Available at https://scholar.harvard.edu/jbenchimol/publications/legal-case-central-bank-labour-mandate

Maxime C. Cohen et al, “The Use of AI in Legal Systems: Determining Independent Contractor vs. Employee Status” (2022) Queen's University Legal Research Paper Forthcoming, DOI: <http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4013823>.

Cohen, Maxime C. and Dahan, Samuel and Khern-am-nuai, Warut and Shimao, Hajime and Touboul, Jonathan, The Use of AI in Legal Systems: Determining Independent Contractor vs. Employee Status (January 20, 2022). Queen's University Legal Research Paper Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4013823 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4013823

Chu Fei Luo et al, "Evaluating Explanation Correctness in Legal Decision Making” (2022) The 35th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence, online: < https://assets.pubpub.org/xdszzeoq/51653587822383.pdf>.

Rohan Bhambhoria et al, “Interpretable Low-Resource Legal Decision Making” (2022) 36:11 Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, DOI: <https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v36i11.21438>.

Samuel Dahan et al, “Analytics and EU Courts: The Case of Trademark Disputes” (2022) The Changing European Union: A critical view on the role of the Courts (Hart), DOI: <http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3786069>.

Jason Lam et al, “Detection of Similar Legal Cases on Personal Injury” (2021) 2021 International Conference on Data Mining Workshops (ICDMW),DOI: <10.1109/ICDMW53433.2021.00084.>.

Rohan Bhambhoria, Samuel Dahan & Xiaodan Zhu, “Investigating the State-of-the-Art Performance and Explainability of Legal Judgment Prediction” (2021) The 34th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence, online: <https://assets.pubpub.org/ytnwxvnz/71621611702706.pdf&gt;.

Samuel Dahan & David Liang, “The Case for AI-Powered Legal Aid” (2021) 46 Queen’s LJ 415

Maxime C. Cohen, Samuel Dahan & Colin Rule, “Conflict Analytics: When Data Science Meets Dispute Resolution” (2021) Management Business Review, online: <https://conflictanalytics.queenslaw.ca/sites/cawww/files/img/research/Conflict%20Analytics-MBR-Revised-Version.pdf>.

Yifei Yin, Farhana Zulkernine & Samuel Dahan, “Determining Worker Type from Legal Text Data using Machine Learning”, (Paper delivered at the 2020 IEEE Intl Conf on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, Intl Conf on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing, Intl Conf on Cloud and Big Data Computing, Intl Conf on Cyber Science and Technology Congress, August 2020), DOI:< DOI: 10.1109/DASC-PICom-CBDCom-CyberSciTech49142.2020.00084>.

Samuel Dahan, “AI-powered Trademark Disputes Resolution Systems” (2020) EUIPO at 39.

Samuel Dahan, “Canada Mediation: Regulations, Trends & Practices” (2020) Lexis Nexis.

Samuel Dahan et al, “Predicting Employment Notice Period with Machine Learning: Promises and Limitations” (2020) McGill LJ 65:4, DOI:< https://doi.org/10.7202/1076909ar>.

Samuel Dahan et al, “The Gap between Deep Learning and Law: Predicting Employment Notice” (2020) ICML (International Conference on Machine Learning) 10 at 7.

Samuel Dahan, “(Re-) Designing institutions for EMU wage setting: Strengthened coordination between Monetary and Economic Institutions” (2017) European Labour Law Journal 8:4, at 281.

Samuel Dahan, “The Economic and Financial Crisis and Collective Labour Law in Europe” (2016) European Law Review 41:6 at 943.

Samuel Dahan, “A Path-Dependent Deadlock: Institutional Causes of the Euro Crisis” (2016) Cornell Int’l LJ 49:2 at 309.

Samuel Dahan, Olivier Fuchs & Marie-Laure Layus, “Whatever it takes? Regarding the OMT ruling of the German Federal Constitutional Court” (2015) Journal of International Economic Law 18:1, at 137.

 

Aurélie Bretonneau, Samuel Dahan & Duncan Fairgrieve, “L’influence grandissante du droit comparé au Conseil d’État: vers une procédure juridictionnelle innovante?” (2015) Revue française de droit administratif, Dalloz, 2015, 4. ⟨hal-01406435⟩.

Samuel Dahan, Duncan Fairgrieve & Aurelie Bretonneau, Courts and Comparative Law : Comparative Legal Methodology of the Conseil d’Etat: Towards an Innovative Judicial Process? (USA: Oxford University Press, 2015) at 242.

Samuel Dahan, “The Legal Framework for New Economic Governance and Its Implications for Wage Policy” (2014) The Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies 16 at 39.

Samuel Dahan & C Chauviré, “L’Encadrement Juridique de la Situation des Couples de Personnes de Même Sexe Face au Principe d’Egalité en Common Law,” (2014) Recueil Dalloz, Actualite du Droit Compare.

Samuel Dahan, “Whatever It Takes? A Propos de la Décision OMT de la Cour Constitutionnelle Fédérale Allemande”(2014) Actualite Juridique Droit Administratif.

Samuel Dahan, "The EU/IMF financial stabilisation process in Latvia and its implications for labour law and social policy” (2012) Industrial Law Journal 41:3 at 305.

Samuel Dahan, “Conceptualising the EU/LMF Financial Assistance Process” (2012) European Commission, EU Balance-of-Payments assistance for Latvia Foundations of success.