Showing papers on "Upper ontology published in 1981"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare the roles of judge and legislator in Jewish law, Continental European law and Common law, and show that this division of powers changes at different times, while at the same time the ontology according to which the allocation of powers is effected becomes more flexible.
Abstract: By “legal ontology” I mean the religious or philosophical view which is the basis of a system of law and by “legal reasoning” I mean the totality of techniques which legal theorists and lawyers use to adjust that system to the requirements of adjudication; these requirements essentially being security and justice. Since the role of the judge is to proclaim the law in each specific case, we want his decisions to be not arbitrary, to be predictable in that they treat cases which are basically similar in the same way. We also want them to be seen as equitable, appropriate to the circumstances, the ways and the customs of the community. In reconciling stability and flexibility, the various systems to be compared in this article, i.e. Jewish law, Continental European law and Common law, allocate differently the powers of judge and legislator, regarded as complementary to one another. It will be seen that this division of powers changes at different times, while at the same time the ontology according to which the allocation of powers is effected becomes more flexible.
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TL;DR: The nature of logic and ontology, and the relationship that seems to connect these two disciplines are discussed, in very general and informal terms, and a certain specific problem is examined.
Abstract: My discussion of the topic prescribed by the title of the paper will consist of two parts. In Part I, I propose to discuss, in very general and informal terms, the nature of logic and ontology, and the relationship that seems to connect these two disciplines. In Part II, I intend to examine, in some detail, a certain specific problem, which concerns logicians as well as ontologists, a problem which has been with us for about forty years, and which lacks a generally acceptable solution. Now, without further preliminaries let us turn at once to Part I.
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