- Logic and Law
6th Augustus De Morgan Workshop
King's College London
15th - 18th November 2004
The Sixth De Morgan Workshop, to take place in November 2004 is on Logic and Law. There are strong connections and common themes in logic an din law. Legal reasoning in which temporal and psychological considerations play an indispensable role. Recent developments in the logics of agents and AI brought logic to a stage where it can be of serious service to the law on the technical as well as the conceptual level. The concepts of common interest are these:
Proof
Evidence
Probability
Relevance
Precedent
Presumption
Plausibility
Abduction
Fallacies
We are therefore organising this conference bringing law professors and logicians in areas connected with law together to show how close logic and law are, and hope to initiate interest in the proposed research programme.
All the major areas involved are represented by the following speakers, all of whom are world-famous researchers:
Prof. M. Baaz (TU, Wien)
Prof. John Woods (UBC, Canada)
Prof. Alan Norrie (King's College, London)
Prof. Ian Dennis (University College London)
Prof. Michel Parigot (Univ Paris VII, France)
Prof. Michael Thaler (University of Salzburg)
Dr. Trevor Bench-Capon (University of Liverpool)
Prof. Lars Lindahl (Lund University)
Prof. Jan Odelstad (Gavle University)
Prof. Lev Beklemishev (University of Utrecht and Steklov Maths Institute)
Prof. Andrew Irvine (UBC, Canada)
The attendance fee is £15 sterling (£10 for students).
If you would like to attend please contact Jane Spurr.
The workshop will take place in the Great Hall, King's College, Strand, London.
Monday 15th November
09.00-10.00 Registration
10.00-11.30 John Woods and Dov Gabbay: Logic and Law: Crossing the lines of discipline
11.30-13.00 Alan Norrie: "From criminal law to legal tehory: the mysterious case of the reasonable glue sniffer"
14.00-15.30 Ian Dennis: "Jury and character assessment"
16.00-17.30 Michel Parigot: "Trials of loic in law"
19.00- Conference Dinner
Tuesday 16th November
09.30-11.00 Matthias Baaz: "General introduction to logic and law"
11.30-13.00 Michael Thaler: "Problems of philosophy of logic - problems of philosophy of law. More than a resemblance?"
14.00-15.30 Trevor Bench-Capon: "Modelling persuasive argument"
16.00-17.30 Lars Lindahl and Jan Odelstad: "Concpet formation in normative systems I: Intermediate concepts"
Wednesday 17th November
09.30-11.00 Lars Lindahl and Jan Odelstad: "Concpet formation in normative systems II: Further developments""
11.30-13.00 Lev Beklemishev: "On the idea of formalisation in logic and law"
14.00-15.30 Andrew Irvine: "Formalising the rule of law"
16.00-17.30 Panel Discussion: Parigot/Baaz/Gabbay
Accommodation:
London is quite expensive for accommodation, but the following alternatives are at the lower end of the price range:
City of London Youth Hostel
£20.50 under 18 / £24.60 over 18 per night bed and breakfast.
Hotel Strand Continental
143 Strand, London WC2R 1JA
Tel. +44 20 7836 4880. Fax. +44 20 7379 6105.
Single room £32, Double room £40, Family room £50, Twin room £45, Triple room £55. Prices include breakfast.
This hotel is for those who favour convenience (it is right next to King's College) and cuisine (it contains the authentic India Club restaurant) over comfort.
Cosmo Bedford House Hotel
27 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1 2QA
Tel. +44 20 7636 4661. Fax. +44 20 7636 0577. Email: cosmo.bedford.hotel@dial.pipex.com.
Single room £38, Double room £50.
Tavistock Hotel
Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9EU
Tel. +44 20 7636 8383. Reservations: +44 20 7278 7871/2/3
Single room £61, Double room £82.
Food:
King's College has a basic canteen in the student's union building.
The India Club (143 Strand) serves authentic Indian cuisine.
There is a Thai restaurant and a Pizza Express in the same row of buildings.
Sarastro Restaurant - 126 Drury Lane - Turkish Food - early evening 'tenor menu' £10
