Legal Expert Systems: The Inadequacy of a Rule-Based Approach

نویسنده

  • James Popple
چکیده

The two different categories of legal Al system are described, and legal analysis systems are chosen as objects of study. So-called judgment machines are discussed, but it is decided that research in legal Al systems would be. best carried-out in the area of legal expert systems. The process of legal reasoning is briefly examined, and two difforent methods of legal knowledge representation are discussed (rule-based systems and case-based systems). It is argued that a rule-based approach to legal expert systems is jna.ppropriate given the requirements of lawyers and the nature of legal reasoning about cases. A new approach is described, incorporating both rule-based and case-based knowledge representation. It is claimed that such an approach can form the basis of an effective and useful legal expert system.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Australian Computer Journal

دوره 23  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1991