Logic in the Law: A Concise Overview

The relationship between logic and law has been a troublesome one and it has been object of much philosophical debate in the last century (cf. [26]). Several scholars have denied the usefulness of logical methods in law and legal theory while others have strongly argued in favor of a logic-driven analysis of law and legal reasoning (e.g., [31]). Be it as it may, this latter view has generated decades of interesting work at the interface of law, logic but also philosophy and artificial intelligence, and this work is the object of the present chapter.