From winkels@swi.psy.uva.nl Fri Apr 8 18:07:01 EDT 1994 Article: 21451 of comp.ai Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu news.announce.conferences:5924 comp.ai:21451 Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uunet!sparky!not-for-mail From: winkels@swi.psy.uva.nl (Radboud Winkels) Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences,comp.ai,nlnet.announce Subject: CFP: 7th International Conference on Legal Knowledge Based Systems (JURIX '94) Followup-To: poster Date: 31 Mar 1994 14:08:21 -0600 Organization: Dept. of Computer Science & Law, University of Amsterdam. Lines: 103 Sender: rick@sparky.sterling.com Approved: rick@sparky.sterling.com Expires: 2 Aug 1994 8:00:00 GMT Message-ID: <2nfajl$55a@sparky.sterling.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sparky.sterling.com Summary: Call for Papers Keywords: Legal Theory, Jurisprudence, KBS, AI and Law CALL FOR PAPERS 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, Amsterdam, the Netherlands The Dutch Foundation for Legal Knowledge-Based Systems (JURIX) is a forum for research in Law and Artificial Intelligence. Since 1988, JURIX has organized annual international conferences on current research in the field. CONFERENCE THEME 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 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. For this conference we seek contributions that address this relation, either from a theoretical point of view, or on the basis of practical research that exploited the relation in one way or the other. Papers on other issues related to legal knowledge-based systems, not related to the conference theme, are welcome too, but will be considered for presentation only after those that adhere to the theme. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Both paper and electronic submissions of no more than 5000 words will be accepted. Hardcopy submission: Please send four hardcopies of a paper to: JURIX-94 attn. Dr R. Winkels Dept. of Computer Science & Law Kloveniersburgwal 72 1012 CZ Amsterdam The Netherlands Electronic Submissions: email: jurix94@lri.jur.uva.nl Please send a postscript AND an ascii or LaTeX (see below) version to "jurix94@lri.jur.uva.nl". Electronic submissions will be acknowledged within 48 hours. TIMETABLE - Submission deadline: August 1, 1994 - Notification of acceptance: September 1, 1994 - Final paper due: September 18, 1994 Authors are encouraged to use LaTeX or TeX for the preparation of their manuscript. A LaTeX style file and author guidlines can be obtained from the organizing committee. CONFERENCE The conference language is English. During the conference papers will be presented by authors and invited speakers. The proceedings of the conference will be published by Koninklijke Vermande BV. Programme Committee: Dr H. Prakken (chair) A. Muntjewerff Prof. A. Soeteman Organizing Committee: Dr R. Winkels (chair) J. Koopman (secr) A. Valente W. Westbroek JURIX-94 attn. Dr R. Winkels 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 Article 24678 of comp.ai: Newsgroups: comp.announce.conferences,comp.ai Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news2.harvard.edu!news2.near.net!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uunet!EU.net!sun4nl!swi.psy.uva.nl!winkels From: winkels@swi.psy.uva.nl (Radboud Winkels) Subject: Conference and Tutorials Announcement & Registration Message-ID: <1994Oct14.092134.16666@swi.psy.uva.nl> Summary: 7th International Conference on Legal Knowledge-Based Systems Keywords: legal KBS, legal theory, tutorial Organization: Social Science Informatics, University of Amsterdam. Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 09:21:34 GMT Lines: 212 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. 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: --------------------------------------------- Dr. H. Prakken (chair) Dr. R. Winkels (chair) A. Muntjewerff J. Koopman (secr) Prof. A. Soeteman A. Valente W. Westbroek --------------------------------------------- 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 NB: Registrations for tutorials should be received before November 1st 1994. There is a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 40 participants per tutorial. Registrations received after November 1st may not be honoured. =========================================================== Registration Form =========================================================== ___________________________________________________________ 0 Mr. 0 Mrs. (surname and initials) ___________________________________________________________ Function: ___________________________________________________________ Company/ Affiliation: ___________________________________________________________ Address/ Postbox: ___________________________________________________________ Zip: ___________________________________________________________ City: ___________________________________________________________ Country: ___________________________________________________________ Telephone: ___________________________________________________________ Fax: ___________________________________________________________ Email: ___________________________________________________________ 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: ------------------------------------------------- 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........... Please tick off the method of payment: 0 The amount due has been transferred to account number 6131857 (Postbank) under the name of JURIX Congress '94, Kloveniersburgwal 72, Amsterdam. Please state the name(s) of the participant(s)! 0 A Eurocheque for the amount due (made payable to JURIX Congress '94, Kloveniersburgwal 72, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) is enclosed. This method of payment can only be used by non-residents of the Netherlands. Date: Signature: * 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