Abstract Argumentation is an important skill to learn. It is valuable not only in many
professional contexts, such as the law, science, politics, and business, but also in everyday …

This article reviews legal applications of logic, with a particularly marked concern for logical
models of legal argument. We argue that the law is a rich test bed and important application …

This book provides a systematic analysis of many common argumentation schemes and a
compendium of 96 schemes. The study of these schemes, or forms of argument that capture …

An abstract framework for structured arguments is presented, which instantiates Dung's ('On
the Acceptability of Arguments and its Fundamental Role in Nonmonotonic Reasoning …

Over the last ten years, argumentation has come to be increasingly central as a core study
within Artificial Intelligence (AI). The articles forming this volume reflect a variety of important …

In this paper we report on a significant research project undertaken to design, implement
and evaluate explainable decision-support tools for deciding legal cases. We provide a …

We present a formal, mathematical model of argument structure and evaluation, taking
seriously the procedural and dialogical aspects of argumentation. The model applies proof …

The first issue of Artificial Intelligence and Law journal was published in 1992. This paper
provides commentaries on landmark papers from the first decade of that journal. The topics …

In this book a theory of reasoning with evidence in the context of criminal cases is
developed. The main subject of this study is not the law of evidence but rather the rational …

This paper presents a theory of reasoning with evidence in order to determine the facts in a
criminal case. The focus is on the process of proof, in which the facts of the case are …