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Browsing LAW Articles by Author "SARTOR, Giovanni"
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Title:Probabilistic Rule-Based Argumentation for Norm-Governed Learning Agents
Author(s):RIVERET, Régis; ROTOLO, Antonino; SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper proposes an approach to investigate norm-governed learning agents which combines a logic-based formalism with an equation-based counterpart. This dual formalism enables us to describe the reasoning of such agents ...
Title:La logica della proporzionalità: il ragionamento con magnitudini non numeriche
Author(s):SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper aims at explaining the basic logical structure of the proportionality assessments, under the assumption that such assessments are based on quantitative reasoning, even when no numbers are explicitly given. First ...
Title:Peer-to-Peer Privacy Violations and ISP Liability: Data protection in the user-generated web
Author(s):VIOLA DE AZEVEDO CUNHA, Mario; MARIN, Luisa; SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Since the adoption of the EU e-Commerce Directive, web hosting has dramatically changed. User-generated content is usually uploaded onto platforms that facilitate and support users in preparing content and making it ...
Title:Teleological Justification of Argumentation Schemes
Author(s):WALTON, Douglas; SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Argumentation schemes are forms of reasoning that are fallible but correctable within a self-correcting framework. Their use provides a basis for taking rational action or for reasonably accepting a conclusion as a tentative ...
Title:The Modular Logic of Private International Law
Author(s):DUNG, Phan Minh; SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We provide a logical analysis of private international law, a rather esoteric, but increasingly important, domain of the law. Private international law addresses overlaps and conflicts between legal systems by distributing ...
Title:Why Are Lawyers Nice or Nasty? Insights From Agent-Based Modeling
Author(s):MAYOR, Eunate; SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:All substantive areas of law, with no exception, have a common concern for the processes by which legal disputes get resolved. Naturally, the success of any particular litigation strategy in a legal dispute depends on ...
Title:Doing Justice to Rights and Values: teleological reasoning and proportionality
Author(s):SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper studies how legal choices, and in particular legislative determinations, need to consider multiple rights and values, and can be assessed accordingly. First it is argued that legal norms (and in particular ...
Title:The Italian Google-Case: Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Responsibility of Providers for User-Generated Contents
Author(s):SARTOR, Giovanni; VIOLA DE AZEVEDO CUNHA, MarioDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In a recent decision of the Tribunal of Milan three Google executives were convicted for violating data protection law, in connection with the online posting of a video showing a disabled person being bullied and insulted. ...
Title:Cognitive Automata and the Law: Electronic Contracting and the Intentionality of Software Agents
Author(s):SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:I shall argue that software agents can be attributed cognitive states, since their behaviour can be best understood by adopting the intentional stance. These cognitive states are legally relevant when agents are delegated ...
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:Legality Policies and Theories of Legality: From Bananas to Radbruch’s Formula
Author(s):SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this paper I shall take an inferential approach to legality (legal validity), and consider how the legality of a norm can be inferred, and what can be inferred from it. In particular, I shall analyse legality policies, ...