AI and Legal Reasoning

Abstract

Thil paper prelelltl a IWDID&ry of the ~ of a panel to illuel 011 Al and lepl ,.,.,..lna. Tbe panel CODiilted of: Bdwina L. Rillland, Chair (UDivenity of Maaacbuaetts), Kevin D. Atbley (UDivenity of Maaachuaetts), Michael 0. Dyer (UCLA), Alme v.dL. Oardner (Stanford), L. Tbome McCarty (Rutpn), and Doa.ald A. WatenDan .(RAND). Amooa the illuea ~ by the panel were: 1. What are the characterlldca of the lepl domaln that make it llltereldq or ameoable to AI approechea - wbat Ia lpOCial about lt; 2. Tbe opeo·tatured oature of lep1 cooc:ep11 and the lmpllcati0111 thll bu for llliDa Al·tec:bniquea, eapeclaUy knowledp repre~CDtatioo; 3. Tbe c:omplemeatulty of rule-bued and c:ue-bued reuooiDa - bow cuea are uted, eapecla1ly wbea the rulea "ruo out"; 4. Tbe pervuive role of aoaloay lD lep1 reuonlna; S. Tbe lpOCial role played by bypotheticala lD the lepl domaln and bow bypc11 belp wlth arpmeatatioo and stratqlc cue plannina; 6. Tbe interleavllla of )lstlficatioo, aplanatioo, and arpmeatatioo; 7. How c:ommoo law tylteml can be leell to be systems wbich leuo from cuea; 8. Tbe apprcpriateoe. and feuibility of lllteßlaent aldl for practicina litlptors and otber lepl experts; 9. lmpllcati0111 for otber domailll - llte medldnethat use c:ue-bued ,.,.,..lna; 10. Methodoloaical and otber illuel. For each illue COillidered, the c:ommeats of the panellats are summarized.