The pleadings game

1 January 1993

proceedings article
Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

p. 10-19
https://doi.org/10.1145/158976.158978

Abstract

The Pleadings Game is a normative formalization and computational model of civil pleading, founded in Robert Alexy's discourse theory of legal argumentation. The consequences of arguments and counterarguments are modelled using Geffner and Pearl's non-monotonic logic, conditional entailment. Discourse is focussed using the concepts of issue and relevance. Conflicts between arguments can be resolved by arguing about the validity and priority rules, at any level. The computational model is fully implemented and has been tested using examples from Article Nine of the Uniform Commercial Code.

Keywords

NORMATIVE FORMALIZATION
ROBERT ALEXY
PLEADINGS GAME
NON-MONOTONIC LOGIC
DISCOURSE THEORY
LEGAL ARGUMENTATION
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE
COMPUTATIONAL MODEL
PRIORITY RULE
CONDITIONAL ENTAILMENT
PROCEDURAL JUSTICE
COMPUTER MODEL

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