A framework for criminal judicial reasoning system using data mining techniques

One of the most complex legal activities in court level is judicial reasoning. Since Thailandpsilas civil law system initially judges with abstract rules and principles before apply them to various cases. This paper proposes a framework of criminal judicial reasoning system using data mining techniques as a knowledge discovery tool to determine reasons from court verdicts. Each module of the system is based on legal rules and principles that are used to construct computer-based knowledge by data mining algorithms. Thai criminal case Supreme Court verdicts in TCXML (Thai Court XML) format are used as training data set. This research benefits from the advantages of using XML standard in document structuring and supporting in judicial decision support system that guides the way in judgment supported by law theories and principles.