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Summary: 7th Int. Conference on Legal Knowledge Based Systems
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		ANNOUNCEMENT & REGISTRATION

		     JURIX '94
	Seventh International Conference on 
	   Legal Knowledge-Based Systems

THEME:  Legal Knowledge-Based Systems and Legal Theory

	     Friday, December 9, 1994
	University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The Dutch Foundation for Legal Knowledge-Based Systems (JURIX)
organises annual international conferences on current research in the
field of Law and Artificial Intelligence.  The theme for JURIX '94 is
the relation between legal theory and legal knowledge based systems.
It has frequently been acknowledged that formalisms to represent legal
knowledge and reasoning should use the theoretical background provided
by legal theory and legal philosophy. It has also been stated that
experiences from, and formalisms developed in legal knowledge-based
systems can provide support or new insights for legal
theories. However, the nature of the link between the two disciplines
has never been explored in depth, and most research in the field of AI
& Law is not (explicitly) based on legal theory, nor does it state
implications for legal theory.  These issues will be addressed at the
conference by invited speakers, in a panel discussion and in
presentations of accepted papers.

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		PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
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December 8 1994: Tutorials

 9.00 - 12.30: Tutorial 1: "AI applications and research in Law"
12.30 - 14.00: Lunch
14.00 - 17.00: Tutorial 2: "Law as a domain for AI and CS techniques"
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December 9: Conference

9.30 - 10.05:   Registration/Coffee
 
10.00 - 10.05:  Welcome by chairman JURIX
10.05 - 10.15:  Opening by vice-dean Law Faculty UvA
10.15 - 11.00:  Invited Speaker 1: Prof. Bob Brouwer (UvA)
"Legal Knowledge Representation in the Perspective of Legal Theory"
11.00 - 11.15:  Coffee
11.15 - 12.00:  Invited Speaker 2: Dr. Tom Gordon (GMD)
"From Jhering to Alexy -- Using Artificial Intelligence Models in
	Jurisprudence"
 
12.15 - 13.30:  Lunch
 
13.30 - 14.30   Selected Papers I (3x20 min)
T. Bench-Capon: "Legal theory and legal KBS: A computer scientist's perspective"
N. den Haan & R. Winkels: "Deep structures in Law"
D. Hunter: "Looking for law in all the wrong places: Legal theory and legal neur
al networks"
14.30 - 14.45   Tea
14.45 - 15.45   Selected Papers II (3x20 min)
B. Verheij & J. Hage: "Reasoning by analogy: A formal reconstruction"
P. Wahlgren: "A general theory of Artificial Intelligence and Law"
D. Hammer & D. Hunter: "Probability and story telling: Normative and
descriptive models of juridical proof"
16.45 - 16.00   Tea
16.00 - 17.15   Panel session chaired by prof. Joost Breuker
with invited speakers, and prof Soeteman and prof Ruiter on conference theme
17.15 - 17.30   Closing remarks chairman JURIX
        
17.30 - 18.30   Drinks
18.30 - 21.00   Diner

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		TUTORIALS

In keeping with this theme we have organised two tutorials to be held
immediately prior to the conference at Thursday December 8.  These two
tutorials will introduce fundamental issues in legal theory, legal
reasoning and artificial intelligence, and will provide a framework
for the discussion at the conference.

T1: "AI applications and research in Law"

The first is aimed at lawyers who have little or no understanding of
artificial intelligence applications and research in law.  It will
quickly review the major artificial intelligence approaches to legal
domains, and provide a clear and simple overview of the way in which
artificial intelligence has provided insight into legal theoretical
questions, the nature of legal reasoning and the basis of law.  It
will discuss some of the limitations of artificial intelligence in
law, as well as its great benefits.  It will examine the commercially
successful applications to date, and what we can expect in the near
future.  This tutorial will run from 9:00am to 12:30pm.
 
T2: "Law as a domain for AI and CS techniques"

The second tutorial will be aimed at computer science and artificial
intelligence researchers who may see law as a useful domain for their
techniques.  It will examine the jurisprudential models of legal
reasoning, the dominant strands of legal theory in civil law and
common law, and some legal critiques of artificial intelligence
research in law.  It will suggest a number of methods which artificial
intelligence can contribute to legal theory.  It will also pick up on
some techniques discussed in the first tutorial and examine the
validity of their application to law.  Time will be set aside for a
discussion of the legal theoretical limitations of current artificial
intelligence systems in law.  This tutorial will also be relevant for
lawyers who wish to examine the basic theoretical concepts in legal
reasoning, and see how they might be applied to artificial
intelligence.  This tutorial will run from 2:00pm to 5:00pm
 
Finally, though the tutorials will be complementary, it will not be
assumed that delegates will attend both tutorials.

Tutorial Presenters

The tutorials will be presented jointly by Dan Hunter and John
Zeleznikow.  Dan Hunter holds degrees in computer science and law, and
lectures in artificial intelligence & law and in legal theory at the
Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia.  John Zeleznikow holds
a PhD in mathematics and a degeree in computer science.  He lectures
in artificial intelligence & law and knowledge based databases at the
Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering, La Trobe
University, Australia.  Together they maintain a collaborative
research project in artificial intelligence and law, have written
numerous articles on the subject, and have presented a series of
tutorials on artificial intelligence and law at international
conferences.  They are the authors of a comprehensive textbook on the
subject, entitled "Building Intelligent Legal Information Systems -
Representation and Reasoning in Law", to be published by Kluwer later
this year.

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION

Hotel accommodation can be booked upon request. Please contact the
organising committee for details.

	Programme Committee:    Organising Committee: 
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	Dr. H. Prakken (chair)  Dr. R. Winkels (chair) 
	A. Muntjewerff          J. Koopman (secr) 
	Prof. A. Soeteman       A. Valente 
	                        W. Westbroek
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		REGISTRATION

For registration, please fill in the from below and return it to:

	JURIX'94
	attn. dr. R.G.F. Winkels
	Kloveniersburgwal 72
	1012 CZ Amsterdam
	The Netherlands

	eMail: jurix94@lri.jur.uva.nl
	fax: +31 20 525.3495

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hereby registers for the JURIX'94 Conference in Amsterdam.
The registration fee includes lunch, dinner, and the conference
proceedings published in a series by Koninklijke Vermande.

Please tick off the amount due:
0 Dfl 210,-	(Regular fee)
0 Dfl 150,-	(University fee)
0 Dfl  80,-	(Student/AiO fee*)

Tutorials (December 8):
0 AI applications and research in Law
0 Law as a domain for AI and CS techniques

Please tick off the amount due:
1 Tutorial:	2 Tutorials:
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0 Dfl 150,-	0 Dfl 250,-	(Regular fee)
0 Dfl  80,-	0 Dfl 130,-	(University fee)
0 Dfl  30,-	0 Dfl  50,-	(Student/AiO fee*)

Total: Conference fee Dfl...... + Tutorial fee Dfl...... = Dfl...........

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0 The amount due has been transferred to account number 6131857 (Postbank)
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* Students/AiO's are entitled to the reduced fee only if they enclose
  a copy of their student card/ letter of appointment.


For further information:
             
 
        JURIX '94 
        Conf. secr: Janny Koopman
        Dept. of Computer Science & Law 
        Kloveniersburgwal 72 
        1012 CZ Amsterdam 
        The Netherlands
        Int. tel: +31 20 525.3494/3485 
        Int. fax: +31 20 525.3495 
        email: jurix94@lri.jur.uva.nl



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Dept. of Computer Science & Law, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
email: winkels@lri.jur.uva.nl
