Knowledge graphs as an example of legal design to model legal analytics for adjudication with respect for the rule of law

This contribution discusses legal design in the development of legal analytical tools for dispute resolution, starting from a study using a legal knowledge graph in the creation of an algorithm to predict the legal ground in criminal cases. Legal Analytics are legal information tools that ultimately influence how law is made and administered in disputes. As such, Legal Analytics are design hybrids, encompassing principles of information design and product design. The chapter proposes to extend the definition of legal design to encompass the creation of Legal Analytics. Furthermore, it is claimed that, by applying design principles, a debate about the data, the questions and the choices for the natural language and machine learning algorithm can be facilitated, thus enhancing the Rule of Law in onlife societies. The arguments are based on concepts of the philosophy of information and the logic of design.