The role of logic in computational models of legal argument: A critical survey

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 2408, Issue PART2, 2002, Pages 342-381

  Prakken, Henry ^a   Sartor, Giovanni ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER CIRCUITS; LOGIC PROGRAMMING; SURVEYS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CRITICAL SURVEYS; INFORMATION BASE; LEGAL ARGUMENTS; LEGAL REASONING;

COMPUTATION THEORY;

EID: 84884396139     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-45632-5_14     Document Type: Review

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