Fundamental legal concepts: A formal and teleological characterisation

Artificial Intelligence and Law

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 101-142

  Sartor, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Normative positions; Teleological reasoning

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; FORMAL LOGIC;

DEONTIC MODALITIES; NORMATIVE POSITIONS; POTESTATIVE RIGHTS; TELEOLOGICAL REASONING;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

EID: 33846571261     PISSN: 09248463     EISSN: 15728382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10506-006-9009-x     Document Type: Article

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