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The Dynamics of Judicial Proof

Computation, Logic, and Common Sense

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Marilyn MacCrimmon

    1. Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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  2. Peter Tillers

    1. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, New York, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing (STUDFUZZ, volume 94)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Making Sense of the Process of Proof in Litigation

      • Peter Tillers
      Pages 3-17

  3. Common Sense Reasoning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Artificial Intelligence, Mindreading, and Reasoning in Law

      • John A. Barnden, Donald M. Peterson
      Pages 21-41

    3. Common Sense, Rationality and the Legal Process

      • Ronald J. Allen
      Pages 43-54

    4. What Is “Common” about Common Sense? Cautionary Tales for Travelers Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries

      • Marilyn Maccrimmon
      Pages 55-78

  5. The Structure of Factual Inference in Judicial Settings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Alternative Views of Argument Construction from a Mass of Evidence

      • David A. Schum
      Pages 145-178

    3. Explaining Relevance

      • Paolo Garbolino
      Pages 179-195

    4. Theories of Uncertainty: Explaining the Possible Sources of Error in Inferences

      • Vern R. Walker
      Pages 197-236

    5. Models of Data Generation vs. Models of Events that Generate Data

      • Ward Edwards
      Pages 237-239

  6. Dynamic Inference and Choice in Dynamic Environments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241
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    2. Action and Procedure in Reasoning

      • Johan van Benthem
      Pages 243-259

    3. Decision Analysis and Law

      • Ronald A. Howard
      Pages 261-269

  7. Abductive Inference

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 271-271
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About this book

Fact finding in judicial proceedings is a dynamic process. This collection of papers considers whether computational methods or other formal logical methods developed in disciplines such as artificial intelligence, decision theory, and probability theory can facilitate the study and management of dynamic evidentiary and inferential processes in litigation. The papers gathered here have several epicenters, including (i) the dynamics of judicial proof, (ii) the relationship between artificial intelligence or formal analysis and "common sense," (iii) the logic of factual inference, including (a) the relationship between causality and inference and (b) the relationship between language and factual inference, (iv) the logic of discovery, including the role of abduction and serendipity in the process of investigation and proof of factual matters, and (v) the relationship between decision and inference.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Marilyn MacCrimmon

  • Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, New York, USA

    Peter Tillers

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Dynamics of Judicial Proof

  • Book Subtitle: Computation, Logic, and Common Sense

  • Editors: Marilyn MacCrimmon, Peter Tillers

  • Series Title: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1792-8

  • Publisher: Physica Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-1459-0Published: 11 March 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-00323-7Published: 04 August 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7908-1792-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1434-9922

  • Series E-ISSN: 1860-0808

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 494

  • Topics: Fundamentals of Law, Artificial Intelligence

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