The second text: Knowledge specification for multiple legal tasks — A case study of the interaction problem in the legal domain: By Pepijn Visser, 1995, soft cover, Kluwer Law International, 250 pp., £67; US$99; NLG155
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 250 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0267-3649
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✦ Synopsis
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COMPUTER/LAW SERIES
Kluwer Law International as part of its now defunct Computer/Law series of Monographs, has published two further texts dealing with different aspects of the relationship between electronic technology and the law. The first is Frame-Based Conceptual Modules of Statute Law by Robert van Kralingen, 1995, soft cover, Kluwer Law International, 215 pp., £64; US$99; NLG145, ISBN 9041101284.
As the author points out in his introduction: knowledgebased systems have received an increasing amount of attention since the beginning of the 1970s. In the early years of knowledge-based system development, emphasis was put on creating useful applications for promoting the technology. The main paradigm at that time for the development of knowledge-based systems was rapid prototyping. In the 1980s attention shifted towards the importance of methodological issues. Our thesis contributes along these lines in the domain of legal knowledge-based systems. The topic is a method for the construction of conceptual models of statute law.The inspiration for the form of the model has been found in legal theory. Following a short introduction to knowledge-based system development research, it goes on to develop a legal -theoretical analysis of structures that occur in the law such as the norm. Chapter 3 devises three structures for the representation of Jaw, while Chapter 4 examines the vocabulary of the model. Chapter 5 uses the data from Chapters 3 and 4 to assemble a conceptual model, while Chapter 6 considers whether it can be used for various goals.The final chapter analyses the author's conclusions and answers to the research questions and problem definitions. The main issue is whether