Abstract
This research explores how and to what extent Semantic
Web techniques can implement Hohfeldian legal concepts. Laws
and regulations are forms of rules in natural language. Because
laws are objective and formal, they are suitable for specification
with formal logic. Hohfeldian legal concepts are an important tool
for the explicit creation of normative legal relationships between
the parties. The results of this study show that it is possible for
legal requirements based on Hohfeldian legal concepts to be
expressed with Semantic Web techniques. For the different
Hohfeldian legal concepts, we work out a generic solution within a
case study. This work shows that global qualification regarding
whether or not a particular action is allowed should not only be
determined on the basis of the relevant Hohfeldian legal concepts,
but also by taking conditional statements into account.
Web techniques can implement Hohfeldian legal concepts. Laws
and regulations are forms of rules in natural language. Because
laws are objective and formal, they are suitable for specification
with formal logic. Hohfeldian legal concepts are an important tool
for the explicit creation of normative legal relationships between
the parties. The results of this study show that it is possible for
legal requirements based on Hohfeldian legal concepts to be
expressed with Semantic Web techniques. For the different
Hohfeldian legal concepts, we work out a generic solution within a
case study. This work shows that global qualification regarding
whether or not a particular action is allowed should not only be
determined on the basis of the relevant Hohfeldian legal concepts,
but also by taking conditional statements into account.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | AI4J – Artificial Intelligence for Justice, August 30, 2016 The Hague, The Netherlands |
| Subtitle of host publication | Workshop at the 22nd European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2016) |
| Place of Publication | Amsterdam |
| Publisher | IOS Press |
| Pages | 65-72 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| Event | Twenty-second European Conference on Artificial Intelligence : ECAI 2016 - The Hague, Netherlands Duration: 29 Aug 2020 → 2 Sept 2020 Conference number: 22 |
Conference
| Conference | Twenty-second European Conference on Artificial Intelligence |
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| Country/Territory | Netherlands |
| City | The Hague |
| Period | 29/08/20 → 2/09/20 |