Apparatus for interpreting electronic legal documents

摘要

The invention provides electronic document interpretation apparatus for providing explanatory text to assist in the interpretation of an electronic formal legal document with narrative language text, said apparatus comprising a database of explanatory and/or commentary text in records associated with textual elements of the said document, and a first processor operable to allow a user to read and/or write selected ones of said records whilst reading or writing the legal document. Also provided is an electronic formal legal document comprising a textual element and a tag associated with the said textual element, the said tag providing a link to reproducible explanatory or commentary text relating to the said textual element.