Informatica e diritto, XIX Annata, Vol. II, 1993, n. 2, pp. 13-36

Tecla Mazzarese

Fuzzy Logic and Judicial Decision-Making: A new Perspective on the Alleged Norm-Irrationalism

Logica Fuzzy e processo decisionale giuridico: una nuova prospettiva nella presunta irrazionalitą delle norme
Relazione al Seminario "The Computer and Vagueness: Fuzzy Logic and Neural Nets"
(Computer e vaghezza: logica fuzzy e reti neurali), Monaco di Baviera 20 novembre 1992

Sommario: 0. Introduction. 1. Fuzzines and judicial decision-making. 1.1. Fuzzy Logic: A Neglected Conceptual Apparatus. 1.2. The potential Role of Fuzzy Logic in Analysing Judicial Decision-Making. 1.2.1. judicial Decision-Making and Fuzziness of Judicial Language. 1.2.2. Judicial Dedsion-Making and Fuzziness of Judicial Reasoning. 2. Fuzzy Logic and Judicial Decision-Making; Two opposite Theses Confronted. 2.1. Fuzzy Logic as a Means to Securing the Rationality of Judicial-Decision-Making. 2.2. Fuzzy Logic as an Explanatory Model of Judicial Decision-Making. 3. Norm-Rationalism / Norm-Irrationalism Opposition Revisited from a Fuzzy Logic Perspective. 3.1. Remarks on the First Possible Way to Look at the Problem. 3.2. Remarks on the Second Possible Way to Look at the Problem. 3.3. Concluding Remarks. References.

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