Upperdogs Versus Underdogs

Bruijn, Larissa Michelle; Vols, Michel

doi:10.5553/rdw/138064242020041001004

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“…All of the aforementioned issues also exist in judicial systems where machine learning tools are not used. Judges and lawyers deal with precedents to make their cases and come to a certain decision, law firms and advocates try to 'reverseengineer' the judge to predict their behaviour given certain circumstances of the case [5]. The presence of an automated system, however, amplifies the problem.…”

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The Danger of Reverse-Engineering of Automated Judicial Decision-Making Systems

Medvedeva¹,

Wieling²,

Vols³

2020

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In this paper we discuss the implications of using machine learning for judicial decision-making in situations where human rights may be infringed. We argue that the use of such tools in these situations should be limited due to inherent status quo bias and dangers of reverseengineering. We discuss that these issues already exist in the judicial systems without using machine learning tools, but how introducing them might exacerbate them.

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The Danger of Reverse-Engineering of Automated Judicial Decision-Making Systems

Medvedeva¹,

Wieling²,

Vols³

2020

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“…All of the aforementioned issues also exist in judicial systems where machine learning tools are not used. Judges and lawyers deal with precedents, to make their cases and come to a certain decision, and law firms and lawyers try to 'reverse-engineer' the judge, to predict their behaviour given the specific circumstances of the case (Bruijn and Vols, 2020). The presence of an automated system, however, amplifies the problem.…”

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Identification, Categorisation and Forecasting of Court Decisions

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I will not pretend that getting this dissertation to where it is today was an easy feat, it definitely was not. Diving into a completely new field, learning to navigate between the two disciplines, figuring out the academic world, decrypting legal Dutch, working from home, it was not without challenge. As overwhelming as it may have been at times, it was an exciting and rewarding endeavour, learning, figuring out new things, publishing, presenting and travelling.Throughout the process, I've been guided and supported by Martijn Wieling and Michel Vols. I couldn't wish for better supervisors. I am not able to express how much of an impact they both had on my academic and personal life. Thank you for caring, and for being so involved. Working on every project, paper, and finally the dissertation, I've always felt like a part of the team. Though this dissertation has my name on the cover, it has been a true collaborative effort.I would like to thank my reading committee members Kevin Ashley, Bart Verhij and Janneke Gerards for reading my dissertation and providing such valuable feedback.Being part of two departments, I've had many colleagues over the years who brought endless insights to my work and life. While I will not be able to mention them all here, in no particular order I'd like to thank

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