Commonsense causal explanation in a legal domain

Artificial Intelligence and Law

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 281-299

  Hoekstra, Rinke ^a   Breuker, Joost ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Causation; Commonsense; Legal reasoning; Liability; Ontology

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; ONTOLOGY;

LEGAL REASONING; PROCESS-BASED APPROACH;

FORMAL LOGIC;

EID: 34547830240     PISSN: 09248463     EISSN: 15728382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10506-007-9033-5     Document Type: Article

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