Cognitive Incompatibilities Between Law and Robotic Legal-decision Making

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Cognitive Incompatibilities Between Law and Robotic Legal-decision Making. / Van Rompaey, Léonard.

Envisioning Robots In Society - Power, Politics, And Public Space: Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2018 / TRANSOR 2018. Vol. 311 Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2018. p. 112--121 (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications).

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Harvard

Van Rompaey, L 2018, Cognitive Incompatibilities Between Law and Robotic Legal-decision Making. in Envisioning Robots In Society - Power, Politics, And Public Space: Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2018 / TRANSOR 2018. vol. 311, IOS Press, Amsterdam, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, pp. 112--121. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-931-7-112

APA

Van Rompaey, L. (2018). Cognitive Incompatibilities Between Law and Robotic Legal-decision Making. In Envisioning Robots In Society - Power, Politics, And Public Space: Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2018 / TRANSOR 2018 (Vol. 311, pp. 112--121). IOS Press. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-931-7-112

Vancouver

Van Rompaey L. Cognitive Incompatibilities Between Law and Robotic Legal-decision Making. In Envisioning Robots In Society - Power, Politics, And Public Space: Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2018 / TRANSOR 2018. Vol. 311. Amsterdam: IOS Press. 2018. p. 112--121. (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications). https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-931-7-112

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Van Rompaey, Léonard. / Cognitive Incompatibilities Between Law and Robotic Legal-decision Making. Envisioning Robots In Society - Power, Politics, And Public Space: Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2018 / TRANSOR 2018. Vol. 311 Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2018. pp. 112--121 (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications).

Bibtex

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