Expert systems in law : a jurisprudential inquiry

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Expert systems in law : a jurisprudential inquiry

Richard E. Susskind

Clarendon Press, 1989, c1987

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"First issued as a paperback, 1989"

Bibliography: p. 271-292

Includes index

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Description

Expert systems are computer systems that engage in legal reasoning by solving legal problems beyond the general legal practitioners' range of knowledge or expertise. This comprehensive investigation of expert systems in law uses jurisprudence to articulate the presuppositions and limitations of building such systems, and provides practical guidance for their design.

Table of Contents

  • Preliminary Considerations Concerning Expert Systems in Law
  • Computer Applications to the Law
  • Prolegomenon to Building Expert Systems in Law
  • Legal Knowledge Representation
  • Entities to be Represented in a Legal Knowledge Base
  • Analytical Jurisprudence and Legal Knowledge Representation
  • Legal Knowledge Utilization
  • Formal Logic and Deductive Legal Inference Engines
  • Towards a Computational Theory of Legal Reasoning.

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