Extracting Unwritten Sentencing Rules from Czech Higher Courts' Verdicts
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11220%2F25%3A10509099" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11220/25:10509099 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.3233/FAIA416" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3233/FAIA416</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/FAIA416" target="_blank" >10.3233/FAIA416</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Extracting Unwritten Sentencing Rules from Czech Higher Courts' Verdicts
Original language description
Czech courts operate without formal sentencing guidelines, relying on implicit principles that remain unmapped and inconsistently applied. This poster presents an early-stage project developing a four-phase pipeline to extract unwritten sentencing rules from Czech higher court decisions. The methodology combines: (i) thematic analysis for reasoning pattern identification, (ii) LLM-Based rule extraction and classification of rules (iii) cross-decision semantic matching and citation network analysis, and (iv) planned expert validation with criminal law scholars. The pipeline aims to reveal how principles emerge and propagate across the court hierarchy, from district courts to the Supreme Court. This work will provide the first systematic mapping of Czech implicit sentencing rules and a transferable methodology for other criminal law jurisdictions.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50501 - Law
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GM25-16848M" target="_blank" >GM25-16848M: Just Sentences: Analyzing and Enhancing Proportionality and Consistency Using Typical Crimes</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
JURIX 2025: The Thirty-eighth Annual Conference, Turin, Italy, 9-11 December 2025
ISBN
978-1-64368-638-7
ISSN
0922-6389
e-ISSN
1879-8314
Number of pages
3
Pages from-to
415-417
Publisher name
IOS Press
Place of publication
Torino
Event location
Torino
Event date
Dec 9, 2025
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
001687420800050