Combining fuzzy logic and formal argumentation for legal interpretation
Célia da Costa Pereira, Andrea G. B. Tettamanzi, Beishui Liao, Alessandra Malerba, Antonino Rotolo, Leendert van der Torre · 2017
The interpretation of a norm is often uncertain and conflicting. In this paper we propose a model for arguing about legal interpretation, which considers the problems of vagueness. After motivating our adoption of graded categories as a tool to tackle the problem of open texture in legal interpretation, we introduce a model based on fuzzy logic and argumentation. Then, we conduct a case study by using an example from medically assisted reproduction.