Fundamental legal concepts:a formal and teleological characterisation.

Authors
Citation
Giovanni Sartor, Fundamental legal concepts:a formal and teleological characterisation., Artificial intelligence and law , 14(1-2), 2006, pp. 101-142
ISSN journal
09248463
Volume
14
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2006
Pages
101 - 142
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
We shall introduce a set of fundamental legal concepts,providing a definition of each of them.This set will include,besides the usual deontic modalities (obligation,prohibition and permission),the following notions:obligative rights (rights related to other's obligations),permissive rights,erga-omnes rights,normative conditionals,liability rights,different kinds of legal powers,potestative rights (rights to produce legal results),result-declarations (acts intended to produce legal determinations),and sources of the law.