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This book investigates logical aspects of legal reasoning. It draws its inspiration from the field of Artificial Intelligence and law, but the main techniques it uses are those of logic and formal philosophy. Thus the book is an example of applied legal philosophy, applied in the sense that the intended result consists of formal-logical foundations of computer systems performing legal reasoning tasks. However, since legal philosophy does not provide ready-made insights that can serve as such foundations, this book also contributes to legal philosophy, in further developing these insights.
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Prakken, H. (1997). Introduction. In: Logical Tools for Modelling Legal Argument. Law and Philosophy Library, vol 32. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8975-8_1
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