Date: 2006
Type: Working Paper
Cognitive automata and the law
Working Paper, EUI LAW, 2006/35
SARTOR, Giovanni, Cognitive automata and the law, EUI LAW, 2006/35 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/6423
Retrieved from Cadmus, EUI Research Repository
The legal nature of digital agents is considered, and it is argued that it is possible to attribute
to such artificial entities intentional (mental) states that are legally relevant. Consequently we
may recognise their legal capacity to act as representative of their users, and the users’ power to
delegate them the performance of cognitive tasks. The implications in various areas of the law is
then discussed.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/6423
ISSN: 1725-67-39
Series/Number: EUI LAW; 2006/35
Publisher: European University Institute
Keyword(s): Law
