Title:Legal Concepts as Inferential Nodes and Ontological Categories
Author(s):SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:I shall compare two views of legal concepts: as nodes in inferential nets and as categories in an ontology (a conceptual architecture). Firstly, I shall introduce the inferential approach, consider its implications, and ...
Title:Legal Concepts: An Inferential Approach
Author(s):SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The inferential and eliminative analysis of legal concepts proposed by Alf Ross will be connected to the views of
theoretical concepts in science advanced by Frank Ramsey and Rudolf Carnap. Consequently, the mere ...
Title:Legal Conflicts and Subnational Constitutionalism
Author(s):DELLEDONNE, Giacomo; MARTINICO, GiuseppeDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This paper analyses the increasing use of the concept of subnational identity, understood as a peculiar (to some extent) category that is opposed to the State or federal identity. References to it are included in the ...
Title:The Legal Effect of Community Agreements: Lessons from the Court
Author(s):MENDEZ, MarioDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis assesses the legal effect of Community Agreements, explored through the case-law of the Community courts. It places this issue within the broader setting of the legal effect of treaties in domestic legal orders ...
Title:Legal Europeanization as Legal Transformation: Some Insights from Swiss “Outer Europe”
Author(s):MAIANI, FrancescoDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:The “Europeanization” of non-EU countries’ laws is predominantly seen as an “export”
of the EU acquis, especially in the case of so-called “quasi-member” states such as
Switzerland. Based on an examination of the Swiss ...
Title:Legal Implications of the Privatization of Cyber Warfare
Author(s):LIXINSKI, LucasDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI AELAbstract:The paper deals with the combination of two emerging topics in militarization and the conduct of war:
cyber warfare and the use of private military and security companies and personnel. As technological
capacity grows, ...
Title:Legal Integration in the EU: the unitas in diversitate Conundrum and the Importance of Considering Culture
Author(s):HENDRY, JenniferDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Tilburg Institute of Comparative & Transnational LawAbstract:An obvious downside of any slogan or motto is that it is necessarily a simplified version of what it attempts to convey. Thus while they may provide a handy hook, the very 'catchiness' and accessibility of mottoes often ...
Title:Legal Issues in Medical Computer Software and Expert Systems in United States. Legislation and Practice
Author(s):FIORIGLIO, GianluigiDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Today, hospitals are heavily computerized, but this process is still far from its ultimate goals and suffers from many deficiencies. Good quality software, correctly used, can improve health care under many different ...
Title:Legal Knowledge and Information Systems
Author(s):FRANCESCONI, Enrico; SARTOR, Giovanni; TISCORNIA, DanielaDate:2008Type of Publication:BookAbstract:From its very beginning, legal informatics was mostly limited to the study of legal databases, but very early on, the Institute of Legal Information Theory and Techniques (ITTIG) started being involved with the specific ...
Title:A Legal Method for Solving Issues of Internet Regulation; Applied to the Regulation of Cross-Border Privacy Issues
Author(s):SVANTESSON, Dan Jerker B.Date:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This article presents a legal method that can be used to find solutions to the challenges of regulating Internet technology. The method consists of ten steps and the reader is guided through the application of these steps. ...