Evaluating cases in legal disputes as rival theories

Pontus Stenetorp; Jason Jingshi Li

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-14888-0_6

Evaluating cases in legal disputes as rival theories

Pontus Stenetorp^*, Jason Jingshi Li

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this paper we propose to draw a link from the quantitative notion of coherence, previously used to evaluate rival scientific theories, to legal reasoning. We evaluate the stories of the plaintiff and the defendant in a legal case as rival theories by measuring how well they cohere when accounting for the evidence. We show that this gives rise to a formalized comparison between rival cases that account for the same set of evidence, and provide a possible explanation as to why judgements may favour one side over the other. We illustrate our approach by applying it to a known legal dispute from the literature.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence
Subtitle of host publication	JSAI-isAI 2009 Workshops, LENLS, JURISIN, KCSD, LLLL, Revised Selected Papers
Pages	59-72
Number of pages	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14888-0_6
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	1st International Symposium on JSAI International Symposia on Artificial Intelligence, JSAI-isAI 2009 - Tokyo, Japan Duration: 19 Nov 2009 → 20 Nov 2009

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	6284 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	1st International Symposium on JSAI International Symposia on Artificial Intelligence, JSAI-isAI 2009
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Tokyo
Period	19/11/09 → 20/11/09

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Stenetorp, P., & Li, J. J. (2010). Evaluating cases in legal disputes as rival theories. In New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence: JSAI-isAI 2009 Workshops, LENLS, JURISIN, KCSD, LLLL, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 59-72). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 6284 LNAI). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14888-0_6

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Stenetorp, P & Li, JJ 2010, Evaluating cases in legal disputes as rival theories. in New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence: JSAI-isAI 2009 Workshops, LENLS, JURISIN, KCSD, LLLL, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 6284 LNAI, pp. 59-72, 1st International Symposium on JSAI International Symposia on Artificial Intelligence, JSAI-isAI 2009, Tokyo, Japan, 19/11/09. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14888-0_6

Evaluating cases in legal disputes as rival theories. / Stenetorp, Pontus; Li, Jason Jingshi.
New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence: JSAI-isAI 2009 Workshops, LENLS, JURISIN, KCSD, LLLL, Revised Selected Papers. 2010. p. 59-72 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 6284 LNAI).

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Stenetorp P, Li JJ. Evaluating cases in legal disputes as rival theories. In New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence: JSAI-isAI 2009 Workshops, LENLS, JURISIN, KCSD, LLLL, Revised Selected Papers. 2010. p. 59-72. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-14888-0_6

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