Technological innovation, defined as the inception of services and goods from new knowledge, generates products, which are made available to society in a competitive capitalist economy. Government agencies were created to stimulate innovation and to prevent unfair competition. Their intervention is based on the application of laws and rules. This article presents a tool to help legal interpretation and a case study to illustrate its use in analysis of exclusive distribution agreements by the Monopolies and Merges Commission. The main purpose here is to initiate and stimulate debate around the feasibility of computer systems for legal interpretation.
Information systems; Decision support; Laws; Legal interpretation
