Call for Papers - Artificial Intelligence and Law

                        CALL FOR PAPERS

         ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND LAW: An International Journal

Editors:
Donald H. Berman, Center for Law and Computer Science, Northeastern
University, 400 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA 02115, USA Phone: 617 437-3346
E-mail: berman[_at_]ccs.neu.edu

Carole D. Hafner, College of Computer Science, Northeastern University, 400
Hunting Boston, MA 02115, USA
Phone: 617 437-8193
E-mail: hafner[_at_]ccs.neu.edu

Artificial Intelligence and Law is a quarterly journal, The scope of which is as follows:

1. Theoretical or empirical studies in artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, jurisprudence, linguistics, or philosophy which address the development of formal or computational models of legal knowledge, reasoning, and decision making.
2. In-depth studies of innovative artificial intelligence systems that are being used in the legal domain.
3. Studies which address the ethical and social implications of the field of Artificial Intelligence and Law.

In addition to original research contributions, the journal will include a Book Review section and a series of Technology Reports describing existing and emerging products, applications and technologies.

Book Review Editor:
Anne v.d. L. Gardner, Atherton, CA, USA

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

A.        Computational models of legal reasoning and decision
          making; judgemental reasoning, adversarial reasoning,
          case-based reasoning, deontic reasoning.

B.        Jurisprudential theories of legal reasoning.

C.        Specialized logics for law.

D.        Psychological and linguistic studies.

E.        Legal expert systems; statutory systems, legal practice
          systems, predictive systems, normative systems.

F.        Intelligent document processing; conceptual retrieval
          of cases and statutes, automatic text understanding,
          intelligent document assembly systems, hypertext.

G.        Intelligent computer-assisted instructional systems.

H.        Evaluation and auditing techniques for legal AI 
          systems.

I.        Systematic problems in the construction and delivery
          of legal AI systems.

J.        Impact of AI on the law and legal institutions.
K.        Ethical issues.

Technology Correspondents:

Marc Lauritsen, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A. Richard E. Susskind, Masons, London, U.K.

Editorial Board:

Layman E. Allen, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.; Kevin D. Ashley, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.; Helene Bauer-Bernet, Brussels, Belgium; Trevor Bench-Capon, Liverpool, England; Jon Bing, Oslo, Norway; Thomas F. Gordon, Sankt Augustin, F.R.G.; Graham Greenleaf, Sydney, Australia; Frthjof Haft, Tobingen, F.R.G.; Andrew J.I. Jones, Oslo, Norway; Robert A. Kowalski, London, England; Ejan Mackaay, Montreal, Canada; A.A. Martino, Firenze, Italy; L. Thorne McCarty, New Brunswick, NJ, U.S.A.; Anya Oskamp, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Enrico Pattaro, Bologna, Italy; Edwina L. Rissland, Amherst, MA, U.S.A.; Marek J. Sergot, London, England; J.C. Smith,
Vancouver, Canada; Alan L. Tyree, Sydney, Australia; Hajime Yoshino, Tokyo, Japan

Subscription information ISSN 0924-8463
1994, Volume 3 (4 issues)
Dfl. 372.00/US$ 194.50

A special rate is available for AAI members. Enquiries to: Dr. Carole. D. Hafner, Assoc. for AI and Law, College of Computer Science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Fax: 617-437-5121  

                     SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES

Manuscripts (5 Copies) relating to any of the above-mentioned themes and topics are invited for submission.

Manuscripts should be submitted to the Journals Editorial Office at the address below:

Editorial Office (ARTI)
Kluwer Academic Publishers
P.O. Box 17
3300 AA Dordrecht
The Netherlands

Detailed instructions for authors and other information can be obtained from the above address or by electronic mail on: MLS0[_at_]WKAP.NL (Please mark your message ARTI).

            Table of Contents on Kluwer ftp Server

All table of contents of issue 1/1 up to and including the present issue plus forthcoming contents of AI & Law can also be obtained from the Kluwer ftp server at the following addres:

                FTP>     ftp.std.com
                    dir  Kluwer/journals/computer_sci

There are two files, arti.toc and arti.inf, which contain the table of contents and the above mentioned information respectively. The ftp server can also be contacted using gopher at world.std.com Received on Thu Feb 24 1994 - 18:10:40 GMT