The use of meta-rules in rule based legal computer systems

Uri J. Schild; Shai Herzog

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The use of meta-rules in rule based legal computer systems

Uri J. Schild
, Shai Herzog

University of Southern California

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Abstract

Rule-Based Systems in the legal domain are often obtained by formalizing legislation. We consider the addition of meta-knowledge in the form of meta-rules to such a system. Such an approach has many advantages both for control and for dealing with the intrinsic vagueness of legal rules. Legal computer systems of different kinds have been proposed and built over the years. In this paper we shall present a legal reasoning system which uses concepts discussed in this paper. The system consists of a knowledge base, obtained by formalizing legislation, and uses a metarules mechanism for deduction and legal reasoning.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law, ICAIL 1993
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	100-109
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	0897916069, 9780897916066
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/158976.158989
State	Published - 1 Aug 1993
Event	4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law, ICAIL 1993 - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 15 Jun 1993 → 18 Jun 1993

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Name	Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law

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Conference	4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law, ICAIL 1993
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Period	15/06/93 → 18/06/93

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Schild, UJ & Herzog, S 1993, The use of meta-rules in rule based legal computer systems. in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law, ICAIL 1993. Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 100-109, 4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law, ICAIL 1993, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 15/06/93. https://doi.org/10.1145/158976.158989

The use of meta-rules in rule based legal computer systems. / Schild, Uri J.; Herzog, Shai.
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law, ICAIL 1993. Association for Computing Machinery, 1993. p. 100-109 (Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law).

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