Computational Models of Legal Argument

Trevor Bench-Capon, Katie Atkinson, Floris Bex, Henry Prakken, Bart Verheij

Argumentation is central to law: in a legal dispute the opposing parties present their arguments, and the court determines which should be accepted. Consequently legal argumentation has been a prominent topic of research in AI and Law. In this chapter we will discuss the generation, evaluation and use of arguments in AI and Law. Our focus will be on the chronological development of techniques for these tasks.

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Reference:
Bench-Capon, T., Atkinson, K., Bex. F.J., Prakken, H., & Verheij, B. (2024). Computational Models of Legal Argument. Handbook of Formal Argumentation, Volume 3 (eds. Gabbay, D., Kern-Isberner, G., Simari, G.R., & Thimm, M.), 101. London: College Publications. http://www.collegepublications.co.uk/handbooks/?00008.

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