In this paper a not too unrealistic example of analogical case-based reasoning is presented first. Then this example is analysed with the help of an existing model of case-based reasoning. After that the model is extended with a few more complex logical mechanisms known from general theories of legal argumentation. This extension turns out to allow for a number of new patterns of reasoning on a...

Understanding the work of forensic psychiatrists in other countries requires a knowledge of the role of the forensic psychiatrist in that country's legal system. It is useful to know the wording of the relevant legal standards and the assumptions and reasoning used by the forensic psychiatrists of that country when applying their expertise to a particular legal issue. The Italian legal system a...

Legal reasoning is one application of large-scale knowledge information processing, where arti cial intelligence, natural language processing, databases and other technologies are integrated. It is the target for the next-generation of databases. In order to investigate whether or not the deductive object oriented database (DOOD) language/systemQUIXOT E is e ective in legal reasoing, we are bot...

This paper presents an analysis of the concept of burden of proof in argument. Relationship of burden of proof to three traditional informal fallacies is considered: (i) argumentum ad hominem (ii) petitio principii and (iii) argumentum ad ignorantiam. Other topics discussed include persuasive dialogue, pragmatic reasoning, legal burden of proof, plausible reasoning in regulated disputes, rules ...

This paper concerns the reasoning with stories, evidence and generalisations in a legal context. We will make some notions from the existing Anchored Narratives theory more clear by making use of two formal techniques from AI, namely causal-abductive reasoning and default-style argumentation. We will propose a combination of these two formalisms which solves some of the problems of the causal-a...

Case-based reasoning uses old information to infer the answer of new problems. In case-based reasoning, a reasoner firstly records the previous cases, then searches the previous case list that is similar to the current one and uses that to solve the new case. Case-based reasoning means adapting old solving solutions to new situations. This paper proposes a reasoning system based on the case-bas...