%0 Conference Paper %1 Greenwood03Towards %A Greenwood, K. %A Capon, T. Bench %A Mcburney, P. %B The Ninth International Conference AI and Law (ICAIL-2003). %D 2003 %K computer, law, legal, persuasion, phd-bibtex-import %T Towards a computational account of persuasion in law %X In this paper we attempt to give an account of reasoning with legal cases contextualised within a general theory of persuasion in practical reasoning. We begin by presenting our general theory, concentrating on the variety of ways in which a particular position can be attacked. We then apply our theory to the legal domain, illustrating our approach by a case study based on the well known CATO system. From this we conclude that it is possible to see reasoning with legal cases as a particular instantiation of our general theory. We identify some points of interest for discussion, and conclude by stating our intended directions for future work.

@inproceedings{Greenwood03Towards, abstract = {{In this paper we attempt to give an account of reasoning with legal cases contextualised within a general theory of persuasion in practical reasoning. We begin by presenting our general theory, concentrating on the variety of ways in which a particular position can be attacked. We then apply our theory to the legal domain, illustrating our approach by a case study based on the well known CATO system. From this we conclude that it is possible to see reasoning with legal cases as a particular instantiation of our general theory. We identify some points of interest for discussion, and conclude by stating our intended directions for future work.}}, added-at = {2010-12-17T18:47:41.000+0100}, author = {Greenwood, K. and Capon, T. Bench and Mcburney, P.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2d4b3d7032c305bb48f2556beb8ec1e3a/mortimer_m8}, booktitle = {The Ninth International Conference AI and Law (ICAIL-2003).}, citeseerurl = {http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/576656.html}, citeulike-article-id = {113892}, comment = {(private-note)quite interesting: formal representation of argumentation.}, interhash = {46363eda3ffd43ea0dd456ab966e67b5}, intrahash = {d4b3d7032c305bb48f2556beb8ec1e3a}, keywords = {computer, law, legal, persuasion, phd-bibtex-import}, posted-at = {2005-03-04 12:43:49}, priority = {0}, timestamp = {2010-12-20T11:11:25.000+0100}, title = {{Towards a computational account of persuasion in law}}, year = 2003 }