2 papers
cs.CL2025
Segment First, Retrieve Better: Realistic Legal Search via Rhetorical Role-Based Queries
Shubham Kumar Nigam, Tanmay Dubey, Noel Shallum +1
Legal precedent retrieval is a cornerstone of the common law system, governed by the principle of stare decisis, which demands consistency in judicial decisions. However, the growi…
cs.CL2025
LegalSeg: Unlocking the Structure of Indian Legal Judgments Through Rhetorical Role Classification
Shubham Kumar Nigam, Tanmay Dubey, Govind Sharma +3
In this paper, we address the task of semantic segmentation of legal documents through rhetorical role classification, with a focus on Indian legal judgments. We introduce LegalSeg…