Re: CFP: for new journal "Law, Probability and Risk: ..."

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: : [Forwarded from the comp.ai newsgroup --- WHH] : : Law, Probability and Risk: a journal of reasoning under uncertainty. : : Call for Papers : : Papers are requested for a new journal entitled Law, Probability and : : Risk, aimed primarily at academic lawyers, mathematicians and : : statisticians. The journal seeks to publish papers that deal with topics : : on the interface of law and probabilistic reasoning. These will be : : interpreted broadly to include aspects relevant to the interpretation of : : scientific evidence, the assessment of uncertainty and the assessment of : : risk. : : Examples include: evaluation, interpretation and presentation of : : evidence, estimation of compensation for serious injuries, the relevance : : and reliability of genetic tests for insurance purposes with consequent : : considerations of legal or quasi-legal criteria for allowable : : discrimination; legal conflicts affecting the efficiency of credit : : scoring on the basis of the different types of data permitted to be held : : by credit bureaux in the U.K., the U.S. and the rest of Europe; the : : detection of fraudulent transactions live, using expert systems and : : statistical analyses; the drafting of legislation which is : : scientifically sound through the involvement of scientists and : : statisticians at this stage of legislation. : : Non-evidence law topics include environmental issues, mass torts, : : causation, risk assessment, medical and pharmaceutical litigation : : involving the evaluation of epidemiological and bio-statistical evidence : : according to legal criteria. : : The primary objective of the journal will be to cover issues in law : : which have a scientific element, with an emphasis on statistical and : : probabilistic issues and the assessment of risk. The primary readership : : includes academic lawyers interested in cases with a scientific element, : : particularly those which include the assessment of data but also : : including reasoning under uncertainty more generally, and legislators : : interested in drafting legislation which involves the assessment of : : uncertainty, such as statutory levels of pollutants in environmental : : legislation. The readership also includes statisticians and : : probabilists interested in the evaluation, interpretation and : : presentation of evidence. : : Examples of topics which may be covered include communications law, : : computers and the law, environmental law, law and medicine, regulatory : : law for science and technology, identification problems (such as DNA but : : including other materials), sampling issues (drugs, computer : : pornography, fraud), offender profiling, credit scoring, risk : : assessment, the role of statistics and probability in drafting : : legislation, the assessment of competing theories of evidence (possibly : : with a view to forming an optimal combination of them). In addition, a : : whole new area is emerging in the application of computers to medicine : : and other safety-critical areas. New legislation is required to define : : the responsibility of computer experts who develop software for tackling : : these safety-critical problems. : : : : Editors: : : C.G.G. Aitken (Statistics - University of Edinburgh) : : F. Taroni (Forensic Science - University of Lausanne) : : P. Tillers (Law - Cardozo School of Law, New York) : : M. Redmayne (Law - London School of Economics) : : [ comp.ai is moderated. To submit, just post and be patient, or if ] : : [ that fails mail your article to <comp-ai@moderators.isc.org>, and ] : : [ ask your news administrator to fix the problems with your system. ]

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