[agents] [Extended deadline] JURIX 2016 - Legal Knowledge and Information Systems

[Floris Bex]

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JURIX 2016 - 29th International Conference on Legal Knowledge and
Information Systems: Call for Papers & Proposals
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JURIX 2016 <http://jurix2016.unice.fr/> will be held at the University of
Nice Sophia Antipolis (France) on 14, 15 and 16 December 2016.  We invite
submissions of papers (long and short), technology demonstrations and
proposals for workshops & tutorials.

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Paper submission
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The extended deadline for paper submission is **Saturday, September 10,
2016**

* We accept long papers (10 pages), short position papers (4 pages) and
demo/poster abstracts (2 pages).
* Papers should be formatted using the styles and guidelines in the IOS
Press Instructions for Authors
<http://www.iospress.nl/service/authors/latex-and-word-tools-for-book-authors/>
.
* Papers are to be submitted through the Easychair Conference Management
System <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jurix2016> in PDF format.

The deadline for workshop and tutorial submissions is **Sunday, September
11, 2016**

* Proposals should be sent as 5-page PDF documents to the Program Chair via
email (f.j.bex at uu.nl).

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Topics
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We invite submission of original papers on the advanced management of legal
information and knowledge systems, covering foundations, methods, tools,
systems and applications. We welcome submissions on a wide variety of
topics including, but not limited to, the following:

==I : Theory and foundations==
Contributions to the theory and interdisciplinary foundations for the use
of Artificial Intelligence techniques in the legal and forensic domain.
* Models, formalisms and algorithms for representing and reasoning with
legal knowledge (rules, cases, arguments, procedures);
* Models, formalisms and algorithms for representing and reasoning about
legal interactions (digital institutions, normative systems).

==II : Technology==
Contributions to the technological advancement of Artificial Intelligence
and Information Systems in the legal and forensic domain.
* Technologies for expressing the structure and semantics of legal texts
and data;
* Technologies for natural language processing and information retrieval
with respect to legal texts;
* Technologies for analysis, verification and validation of legal knowledge
systems;
* Technologies for digital-rights management, access policies and
authorisation;
* Technologies for social simulations in the legal domain;
* Support and methodologies for the acquisition, management or use of legal
knowledge in information systems.

==III : Applications==
Implementations of AI & Law technology in real world systems.
* Support legislators in agenda setting, policy analysis, drafting,
publishing and implementation;
* Support for the judiciary, lawyers, law enforcement and public
administration legal reasoning, analysis of evidence, management of cases,
document drafting;
* Support for business in managing regulatory compliance and compliance of
business processes;
* Support for private parties in using online dispute resolution;
* Support for education by using legal information systems in a teaching
environment.

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Organization
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Program Chair - Floris Bex (Utrecht University) f.j.bex at uu.nl
Local Chair - Serena Villata (CNRS) villata at i3s.unice.fr
Doctoral Consortium Chair - Monica Palmirani (University of Bologna) monica.
palmirani at unibo.it