Segerberg’s Dynamic Deontic Logic is a dynamic logic where among the set of all possible histories those fulfilling the norms are distinguished. An extension of this logic to obligations (respectively permissions and prohibitions) to do an action before a given deadline or during a given time interval is defined. These temporal constraints are defined by events which may have several occurrence...

The Dutch depenalization and subsequent de facto legalization of cannabis since 1976 is used here to highlight the strengths and limitations of reasoning by analogy as a guide for projecting the effects of relaxing drug prohibitions. While the Dutch case and other analogies have flaws, they appear to converge in suggesting that reductions in criminal penalties have limited effects on drug use-a...

We shall introduce a set basic legal concepts, providing a logical definition of them. This basic set will include, beside the usual deontic modalities (obligations, prohibitions and permissions), the following notions: right as protected interest (obligational right), normative conditional, different kinds of legal power, the intentional production of legal determinations (proclamation), sourc...

interests clash. The resolution of these conflicts often results in legislation that exempts certain types of businesses from these bans. Such compromises represent a political outcome that reduces the potential inefficiency and welfare losses that might otherwise be imposed by more comprehensive smoking prohibitions. However, the prevalence of these exemptions, in turn, limits the applicabilit...

Vietnam is a country of religious diversity, in which Buddhism has the most significant participation. In addition to practicing Five Precepts, many Vietnamese people have registered for active mindfulness meditation classes recently. This fact received attention from scientists add evidence previous studies. Enrich research literature, so study explores role practice as moderator relationship ...

An electronic contracting system intended for monitoring and/or enforcement of business-to-business interactions to ensure that they comply with the rights, obligations and prohibitions stipulated in contract clauses requires a machine interpretable specification of the relevant parts of the legal contract in force. Within this context, Event Condition Action (ECA) rules are widely used for rep...