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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 StranieriThis 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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Information and communication technology lawVolume
11Issue
1Pagination
75 - 86Publisher
Taylor & FrancisLocation
Abingdon, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1522-6514eISSN
1549-7879Language
engPublication classification
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