Due to several requests, the deadline of JURISIN 2011 has been extended to September 28, 2011!!
Fifth International Workshop on Juris-informatics(JURISIN 2011)
Dec. 1-2, 2011
Sunport Hall Takamatsu, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
with a support of The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
in association with Third JSAI International Symposia on AI (JSAI-isAI 2011)
Due to several requests, the deadline of JURISIN 2011 has been extended to September 28, 2011!!
Springer Verlag has agreed to publish selected papers of the workshop
in the JSAI-isAI 2011 post-proceedings as a volume of
the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series!!
A workshop programme has been set.
Please register the workshop here.
(1) Syugo Hotta (School of Law, Meiji University)
Title: Implications of Forensic Linguistics for Juris-informatics
Abstract:
Forensic linguistics, which is a fairly new discipline in linguistics,
explores all different aspects of language in legal settings. It is
gaining a momentum now in Japan, which is triggered by the
introduction of the new lay participation system, the Saiban'in
system.
Juris-informatics shares an important feature with forensic
linguistics on interpretation of legal phenomena described in (formal)
language. Therefore, it should be worth our while to explore how the
two disciplines offer each other insights into the interpretation of
law and legal issues in this talk.
A number of researches in forensic linguistics have been devoted
to disclosing which factors of socio-linguistic attributes influence
legal consequences and how influential they might be in making legal
decisions. Some such factors discovered in the author's works will be
briefly discussed in the talk.
This talk also covers a brief history of forensic linguistics, its
goals and its development in Japan.
(2) Bob Kowalski (Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Fellow, Department of Computing, Imperial College London)
Title: WUENIC - A Case Study in Rule-based Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
Abstract: WUENIC is a rule-based system implemented as a logic program,
developed by WHO and UNICEF for estimating global, country by country,
infant immunization coverage. It possesses many of the characteristics of
rule-based legislation, facilitating decisions that are consistent, transparent and
replicable. In this paper, we focus on knowledge representation and
problem-solving issues, including the use of logical rules versus production
rules, backward versus forward reasoning, and rules and exceptions versus
argumentation.
Juris-informatics is a new research area which studies
legal issues from the perspective of informatics.
The purpose of this workshop is to discuss both the fundamental and
practical issues for juris-informatics among people from the various
backgrounds such as law, social science, information and intelligent
technology, logic and philosophy, including the conventional "AI and
law" area.
We solicit unpublished papers on theories, technologies and applications
on juris-informatics.
Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
We welcome and encourage the submission of high quality, original
papers, which are not simultaneously submitted for publication
elsewhere.
except as a submission to JURIX 2011 (The 24th International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems). The double submission policy with JURIX 2011 is as follows:
1. Papers being submitted both to JURISIN2011 and JURIX2011 must note this on the title page.
2. A paper to be presented at JURISIN2011 must be withdrawn from JURIX2011 and vice versa according to the choice by the authors.
3. If the authors do not follow this double submission policy, the paper by the authors will not be included in the proceedings of JURISIN 2011.
Papers should be written in English, formatted according to the
Springer Verlag LNCS style in a pdf form , which can be obtained from
http://www.springeronline.com,
and not exceed 12 pages including figures, references, etc.
If you use a word file, please follow the instruction of the format, and then convert it into a pdf form and submit it at the paper submission page.
If a paper is accepted, at least one author of the paper must register the workshop and present it.
For a paper submission, click here .
A printed volume of the proceedings with ISBN(978-4-915905-47-6 C3004(JSAI)) will be available at the workshop.
Springer Verlag has agreed to publish selected papers of the workshop
in the JSAI-isAI 2011 post-proceedings as a volume of LNAI.
Thus, the
authors of papers presented at the workshop will be asked to extend
their contributions, possibly incorporating the results of the
workshop discussion, to be included in the workshop post-proceedings,
after another round of refereeing.
The selected papers of the previous workshops were publisehd as volumes of LNAI4914(JURISIN 2007), LNAI5447(JURISIN 2008), LNAI6284(JURISIN 2009) and LNAI6797(JURISIN2010) respectively.
We have received from JSAI partical economical support for travelling costs for promising foreign students whose papers have been accepted to be presented at JURISIN2011. The amount of the whole support is 250,000 yen and we divide it to students who need a support. The actual support will vary based on the number of applicants and where students come from. Please contact the chairperson (ksatoh at nii.ac.jp) for details.