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An argumentation shell for supporting the development and drafting of legal arguments

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posted on 2002-01-01, 00:00 authored by John YearwoodJohn Yearwood, A Stranieri
This article describes an argumentation shell to support the formulation, representation and drafting of legal arguments. The shell can be used to capture generic arguments in many legal domains as well as to assist decision-makers in constructing their own actual arguments. The shell demonstrates that knowledge represented using the generic/actual argument model (GAAM) (a variant of Toulmin's argument structure) can be used to: (a) support the development of complex arguments, (b) add context and increase specificity for the retrieval of relevant documents, (c) incorporate background knowledge, (d) assist in the drafting of documents that represent arguments made, and (e) provide a structure for complex inferences requiring a range of mechanisms. The shell can be used to support decision making in a range of legal domains, including discretionary domains.

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Journal

Information and communication technology law

Volume

11

Issue

1

Pagination

75 - 86

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Location

Abingdon, Eng.

ISSN

1522-6514

eISSN

1549-7879

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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