In many legal disputes, determining and evaluating cause-in-fact is a crucial step in the liability attribution. It is, however, difficult and opaque. In this paper, we analyse the cases of overdetermination, where there is more than one cause for the outcome. The proposed framework (FCA) employs logic-based argument modelling. It distinguishes individual contributors in overdetermination cases by using a new set of critical questions based on argument schemes from effect-to-cause. To illustrate the use of the FCA, the Heneghan v Manchester Dry Docks lung cancer case with multi-party contributions is analysed.

Liepina R., Sartor G., Wyner A. (2019). Evaluation of causal arguments in law: The case of overdetermination. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc [10.1145/3322640.3326698].

Evaluation of causal arguments in law: The case of overdetermination

Liepina R.;Sartor G.;Wyner A.
2019

Abstract

In many legal disputes, determining and evaluating cause-in-fact is a crucial step in the liability attribution. It is, however, difficult and opaque. In this paper, we analyse the cases of overdetermination, where there is more than one cause for the outcome. The proposed framework (FCA) employs logic-based argument modelling. It distinguishes individual contributors in overdetermination cases by using a new set of critical questions based on argument schemes from effect-to-cause. To illustrate the use of the FCA, the Heneghan v Manchester Dry Docks lung cancer case with multi-party contributions is analysed.
2019
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law, ICAIL 2019
214
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Liepina R., Sartor G., Wyner A. (2019). Evaluation of causal arguments in law: The case of overdetermination. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc [10.1145/3322640.3326698].
Liepina R.; Sartor G.; Wyner A.
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