Language Modeling for Legal Proof
In common law jurisdictions, the notion of proof beyond a reasonable doubt is frequently related to notions such as the belief or certainty of a judge or a juror about reality. The notion of balance of probabilities is however related to likelihood or probability. In this analysis, we link belief and proof by introducing the notion of epistemic modality, which is concerned with speakers belief in propositional probability. The variation in the orientation of epistemic modality helps to integrate the two levels of proof and bridge the apparent test gap between them. The analysis further introduces the notion of relevance in order to clarify the nature of legal proof by taking rape cases as example. This analysis then provides an integrated language model to improve but diversify the expressions in terms of burden of proof.
Le Cheng Winnie Cheng
Research Centre for Professional Communication The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China
国际会议
The 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Knowledge Engineering(第五届智能系统与知识工程国际会议)
杭州
英文
533-537
2010-11-15（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）