This paper addresses the problem of constructing a policy pipeline that enables compliance
checking of business processes against regulatory obligations. Towards this end, we …

Norms are utilised in agent societies to encourage acceptable behaviour by the participating
agents. They can be established or revised from the top-down (authority) or from the bottom …

Building on the computer science concept of code smells, we initiate the study of law smells,
ie, patterns in legal texts that pose threats to the comprehensibility and maintainability of the …

There are cases in which the literal interpretation of statutes may lead to counterintuitive
consequences. When such cases go to high courts, judges may handle these …

To maintain fitness-for-purpose, the set of norms governing a MAS will typically need to
evolve to reflect the changing needs of both participants and the environment. We put …

Inst AL denotes both a declarative domain-specific language for the specification of
collections of interacting normative systems and a framework for a set of associated tools …

Building on the computer science concept of code smells, we initiate the study of law smells,
ie, patterns in legal texts that pose threats to the comprehensibility and maintainability of the …

When literal interpretation of statutes leads to counterintuitive consequences, judges,
especially in high courts, may identify counterintuitive consequences and revise …

Institutions (also called normative frameworks) provide an effective mechanism to govern
agents in open intelligent systems. An institution specifies a set of norms, with respect to …

Acting under several jurisdictions at the same time is becoming the norm rather than the
exception, certainly for companies but also (sometimes without knowing) for individuals. In …