Strategic Persuasion with Trait-Conditioned Multi-Agent Systems for Iterative Legal Argumentation 文章

ArXiv CS.CL2026-05-27NEWSen作者: Philipp D. Siedler

摘要

arXiv:2604.07028v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Strategic interaction in adversarial domains such as law, diplomacy, and negotiation is mediated by language, yet most game-theoretic models abstract away the mechanisms of persuasion that operate through discourse. We present the Strategic Courtroom Framework, a multi-agent simulation environment in which prosecution and defense teams composed of trait-conditioned Large Language Model (LLM) agents engage in iterative, round-based legal argumentation. Agents are instantiated using nine interpretable traits organized into four archetypes, enabling systematic control over rhetorical style and strategic orientation. We evaluate the framework across 10 synthetic legal cases and 84 three-trait team configurations, totaling over 7{,}000 simulated trials using DeepSeek-R1 and Gemini~2.5~Pro.