Modelling last-act attempted crime in criminal law. Issue 4 (2nd October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pooksook, Jiraporn; Dung, Phan Minh; Satoh, Ken; Sartor, Giovanni
• Is Part Of: Journal of applied non-classical logics. Volume 29:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 327
• Page End: 357
• Publication Date: 2019-10-02
• Subjects: Attempted crime -- last-act (or proximity)-rule -- structured argumentation; Nonclassical mathematical logic -- Periodicals; Wiskundige logica; Logic; Periodicals; 511.3105
• DOI: 10.1080/11663081.2019.1647652
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1166-3081

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In the court of law, a person can be punished for attempting to commit a crime. An open issue in the study of Artificial Intelligence and Law is whether the law of attempts could be formally modelled. There are distinct legal rules for determining attempted crime whereas the last-act rule (also called proximity rule) represents the strictest approach. In this paper, we provide a formal model of the last-act rule using structured argumentation.