Formalising ordinary legal disputes: A case study

Artificial Intelligence and Law

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 333-359

  Prakken, Henry ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case files; Dialogue games; Legal argument; Legal procedure

Indexed keywords

CASE FILES; CASE STUDIES; DIALOGUE GAMES; FORMAL MODELS; FORMALISATION; LEGAL ARGUMENT; LEGAL CASES; LEGAL DISPUTES; LEGAL PROCEDURE; SPEECH ACTS;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 58149202225     PISSN: 09248463     EISSN: 15728382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10506-008-9069-1     Document Type: Article

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