Legal Power-Subjection Relations: Ontological Analysis and Modeling Pattern

Cristine Griffo; Tiago Prince Sales; Giancarlo Guizzardi; João Paulo A. Almeida

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-17995-2_5

Legal Power-Subjection Relations: Ontological Analysis and Modeling Pattern

Cristine Griffo^*
, Tiago Prince Sales
, Giancarlo Guizzardi
, João Paulo A. Almeida

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The development of dependable information systems in legal contexts requires a precise understanding of the subtleties of the underlying legal phenomena. According to a modern understanding in philosophy of law, much of these phenomena are relational in nature. In this paper, we employ a theoretically well-grounded legal core ontology (UFO-L) to conduct an ontological analysis focused on a fundamental legal relation, namely, the power-subjection relation. We show that in certain cases, power-subjection relations are primitive, i.e., by means of institutional acts, other legal relations can be generated from them. Examples include relations of rights and duties, permissions and non-rights, liberties, secondary power-subjection, etc. As a contribution to the practice of conceptual modeling, and leveraging on the result of our analysis, we propose a conceptual modeling pattern, which is then applied to model a real-world case in tax law.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conceptual Modeling
Subtitle of host publication	41st International Conference, ER 2022, Hyderabad, India, October 17-20, 2022, Proceedings
Editors	Jolita Ralyté, Sharma Chakravarthy, Mukesh Mohania, Manfred A. Jeusfeld, Kamalakar Karlapalem
Publisher	Springer
Pages	65-81
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-17995-2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-17994-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17995-2_5
Publication status	Published - 10 Oct 2022
Event	41st International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2022 - Virtual Event Duration: 17 Oct 2022 → 20 Oct 2022 Conference number: 41 https://er2022web.github.io/ER2022/

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	13607
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	41st International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2022
Abbreviated title	ER 2022
City	Virtual Event
Period	17/10/22 → 20/10/22
Internet address	https://er2022web.github.io/ER2022/

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Keywords

Ontology design pattern
Legal power
Legal relations
UFO
UFO-L
2023 OA procedure

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Best paper award at the 41st International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2022)
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Griffo, C., Sales, T. P., Guizzardi, G., & Almeida, J. P. A. (2022). Legal Power-Subjection Relations: Ontological Analysis and Modeling Pattern. In J. Ralyté, S. Chakravarthy, M. Mohania, M. A. Jeusfeld, & K. Karlapalem (Eds.), Conceptual Modeling: 41st International Conference, ER 2022, Hyderabad, India, October 17-20, 2022, Proceedings (pp. 65-81). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 13607). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17995-2_5

Griffo, Cristine ; Sales, Tiago Prince ; Guizzardi, Giancarlo et al. / Legal Power-Subjection Relations: Ontological Analysis and Modeling Pattern. Conceptual Modeling: 41st International Conference, ER 2022, Hyderabad, India, October 17-20, 2022, Proceedings. editor / Jolita Ralyté ; Sharma Chakravarthy ; Mukesh Mohania ; Manfred A. Jeusfeld ; Kamalakar Karlapalem. Springer, 2022. pp. 65-81 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Griffo, C, Sales, TP , Guizzardi, G & Almeida, JPA 2022, Legal Power-Subjection Relations: Ontological Analysis and Modeling Pattern. in J Ralyté, S Chakravarthy, M Mohania, MA Jeusfeld & K Karlapalem (eds), Conceptual Modeling: 41st International Conference, ER 2022, Hyderabad, India, October 17-20, 2022, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 13607, Springer, pp. 65-81, 41st International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2022, Virtual Event, 17/10/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17995-2_5

Legal Power-Subjection Relations: Ontological Analysis and Modeling Pattern. / Griffo, Cristine; Sales, Tiago Prince ; Guizzardi, Giancarlo et al.
Conceptual Modeling: 41st International Conference, ER 2022, Hyderabad, India, October 17-20, 2022, Proceedings. ed. / Jolita Ralyté; Sharma Chakravarthy; Mukesh Mohania; Manfred A. Jeusfeld; Kamalakar Karlapalem. Springer, 2022. p. 65-81 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 13607).

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Griffo C, Sales TP , Guizzardi G, Almeida JPA. Legal Power-Subjection Relations: Ontological Analysis and Modeling Pattern. In Ralyté J, Chakravarthy S, Mohania M, Jeusfeld MA, Karlapalem K, editors, Conceptual Modeling: 41st International Conference, ER 2022, Hyderabad, India, October 17-20, 2022, Proceedings. Springer. 2022. p. 65-81. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-17995-2_5

Legal Power-Subjection Relations: Ontological Analysis and Modeling Pattern

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