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Arguing about causes in law: a semi-formal framework for causal arguments
Rūta Liepiņa,
Giovanni Sartor,
Adam Wyner 
Artificial Intelligence and Law, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 69 - 89
Swansea University Author:
Adam Wyner
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DOI (Published version): 10.1007/s10506-019-09246-z
Abstract
In legal argumentation and liability attribution, disputes over causes play a central role. Legal discussions about causation often have difficulty with cause-in-fact in complex situations, e.g. overdetermination, preemption, omission. We first assess three theories of causation. Then we introduce a...
| Published in: | Artificial Intelligence and Law |
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| ISSN: | 0924-8463 1572-8382 |
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2020
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa49685 |
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In legal argumentation and liability attribution, disputes over causes play a central role. Legal discussions about causation often have difficulty with cause-in-fact in complex situations, e.g. overdetermination, preemption, omission. We first assess three theories of causation. Then we introduce a semi-formal framework to model causal arguments using both strict and defeasible rules. We apply the framework to the Althen vaccine injury case. Wrapping up the paper, we motivate a causal argumentation framework and propose to integrate current theories of causation. |
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| Keywords: |
Artificial Intelligence, Legal Reasoning, Defeasible Reasoning |
| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |
| Issue: |
1 |
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69 |
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89 |