Software is
eating law
Legalese is building L4, a domain-specific programming language for law. We treat legal rules and contracts as executable specifications.
What is L4?
L4 is our domain-specific programming language for law. It treats legal rules and contracts as executable specifications, allowing you to:
Formalize rules with precision
Express legal logic with mathematical precision, eliminating ambiguity and enabling automated analysis.
Test contracts against scenarios
Run your contracts through test cases to verify behavior before deployment, just like software testing.
Find contradictions automatically
Static analysis can prove that a contract is internally consistent, free of contradiction, and complete.
Generate applications
Compile L4 specifications into user-facing applications, decision services, and natural language explanations.
About Legalese
Marc Andreessen said, "software is eating the world"; at Legalese, we say software is eating law. Our solution to the broken-law problem is to resolve it at a fundamental level, using math, computer science, and logic.
At the core, we are an open-source computational law project working on the drafting of legal documents the way programmers develop software.
Learn more about us →Why can't legal contracts be as clear as code?
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Monad Solutions (EMEA and APAC) was acquired by Legalese.com, a Singapore-based LegalTech company. As part of this change, Michael Fairweather has joined Legalese as Chief Operating Officer, with responsibility for Sales and Delivery.

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Why Computational Law, Part II: 70 Years of Legal Informatics
An incomplete history of formalising contracts, regulations, and the rich tradition of computational approaches to law—from Leibniz to smart contracts.

Why Computational Law, Part I: The Problem with Legal
The status quo sucks. From comma disputes costing millions to law firms 'trapped in 1995', the legal industry is ripe for disruption.

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