A Model of Legal Acts Part 2: The Operation of Legal Acts

32 Pages Posted: 19 Mar 2011 Last revised: 23 Mar 2011

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Jaap Hage

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Date Written: March 17, 2011

Abstract

This paper aims at providing an account of legal acts that forms a suitable starting point for the creation of computational systems that deal with legal acts. The paper is divided into two parts. This second part of the paper deals in some detail with the operation of legal acts. Topics dealt with include: power and competence, capacity, form requirements; partial validity, avoidance and representation.

Keywords: legal acts, existence and validity, illocutionary force, propositional content, power, competence, capacity, form requirements, illegal or immoral content, mandatory law, partial validity, avoidance, representation

Suggested Citation

Hage, Jaap, A Model of Legal Acts Part 2: The Operation of Legal Acts (March 17, 2011). Maastricht Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2011/13, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1788917 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1788917

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