Abstract
Judgment prediction is the task of predicting various outcomes of legal cases of which sentencing prediction is one of the most important yet difficult challenges. We study the applicability of machine learning (ML) techniques in predicting prison terms of drug trafficking cases. In particular, we study how legal domain knowledge can be integrated with ML models to construct highly accurate predictors. We illustrate how our criminal sentence predictors can be applied to address four important issues in legal knowledge management, which include (1) discovery of model drifts in legal rules, (2) identification of critical features in legal judgments, (3) fairness in machine predictions, and (4) explainability of machine predictions.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Legal Knowledge and Information Systems |
Subtitle of host publication | JURIX 2020 - 33rd Annual Conference, Brno, Czech Republic, December 9–11, 2020 |
Editors | Serena Villata, Jakub Harašta, Petr Křemen |
Place of Publication | Amsterdam |
Publisher | IOS Press BV |
Pages | 174-183 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-64368-151-1 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-64368-150-4 |
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Publication status | Published - Dec 2020 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 33rd International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems, JURIX 2020 - Brno, Czech Republic Duration: 9 Dec 2020 → 11 Dec 2020 https://ebooks.iospress.nl/volume/legal-knowledge-and-information-systems-jurix-2020-the-thirty-third-annual-conference-brno-czech-republic-december-911-2020 |
Publication series
Name | Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications |
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Publisher | IOS Press |
Volume | 334 |
ISSN (Print) | 0922-6389 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1879-8314 |
Conference
Conference | 33rd International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems, JURIX 2020 |
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Abbreviated title | JURIX 2020 |
Country/Territory | Czech Republic |
City | Brno |
Period | 9/12/20 → 11/12/20 |
Other | The field of legal knowledge and information systems has traditionally been concerned with the subjects of legal knowledge representation and engineering, computational models of legal reasoning, and the analysis of legal data, but recent years have also seen an increasing interest in the application of machine learning methods to ease and empower the everyday activities of legal experts. This book presents the proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems (JURIX 2020), organised this year as a virtual event on 9–11 December 2020 due to restrictions resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. For more than three decades, the annual JURIX international conference, which now also includes demo papers, has provided a platform for academics and practitioners to exchange knowledge about theoretical research and applications in concrete legal use cases. A total of 85 submissions by 255 authors from 28 countries were received for the conference, and after a rigorous review process, 20 were selected for publication as full papers, 14 as short papers, and 5 as demo papers. This selection process resulted in a total acceptance rate of 40% (full and short papers) and a competitive 23.5% acceptance rate for full papers. Topics span from computational models of legal argumentation, case-based reasoning, legal ontologies, smart contracts, privacy management and evidential reasoning to information extraction from different types of text in legal documents, and ethical dilemmas. Providing a state-of-the-art overview of developments in the field, this book will be of interest to all those working with legal knowledge and information systems. |
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