1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455628303321

Autore

Innes Matthew

Titolo

State and society in the early Middle Ages : the middle Rhine valley, 400-1000 / / Matthew Innes [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000

ISBN

1-107-11459-4

0-511-00844-9

1-280-15324-5

0-511-11679-9

0-511-15051-2

0-511-31022-6

0-511-49634-6

0-511-05024-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 316 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; ; 4th ser., 47

Disciplina

306.2/09434

Soggetti

Political culture - Rhine River Valley - History - To 1500

Cities and towns, Medieval - Rhine River Valley

Elite (Social sciences) - Rhine River Valley - History

Church and state - Rhine River Valley - History - To 1500

Local government - Rhine River Valley - History - To 1500

Monasticism and religious orders - Rhine River Valley - History - Middle Ages, 600-1600

Rhine River Valley Social conditions

Germany History To 843

France Social conditions To 987

Germany Religious life and customs Middle Ages, 843-1517

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-306) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Monasticism, spiritual patronage and social structure -- Land, kinship and status -- Local power: collective action, conflict and consensus -- Locality and centre: mechanisms of extraction -- Political power from the fifth to the eleventh century.



Sommario/riassunto

This book, first published in 2000, is a pioneering study of politics and society in the early Middle Ages. Whereas it is widely believed that the source materials for early medieval Europe are too sparse to allow sustained study of the workings of social and political relationships on the ground, this book focuses on a uniquely well-documented area to investigate the basis of power. Topics covered include the foundation of monasteries, their relationship with the laity, and their role as social centres; the significance of urbanism; the control of land, the development of property rights and the organization of states; community, kinship and lordship; justice and dispute settlement; the uses of the written word; violence and the feud; and the development of political structures from the Roman empire to the high Middle Ages.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910733730403321

Autore

Pagallo Ugo

Titolo

The laws of robots : crimes, contracts, and torts / / Ugo Pagallo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht [Germany] ; ; New York, : Springer, 2013

ISBN

94-007-6564-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Collana

Law, governance and technology series

Disciplina

344.095

Soggetti

Robots - Legal status, laws, etc

Robotics - Moral and ethical aspects

Artificial intelligence - Moral and ethical aspects

Androids - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contants -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - On Law, Philosophy and Technology -- Chapter 2 - Crimes -- Chapter 3 - Contracts -- Chapter 4 - Torts -- Chapter 5 - Law as Meta-Technology -- Conclusions -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores how the design, construction, and use of robotics technology may affect today’s legal systems and, more particularly,



matters of responsibility and agency in criminal law, contractual obligations, and torts. By distinguishing between the behaviour of robots as tools of human interaction, and robots as proper agents in the legal arena, jurists will have to address a new generation of “hard cases.” General disagreement may concern immunity in criminal law (e.g., the employment of robot soldiers in battle), personal accountability for certain robots in contracts (e.g., robo-traders), much as clauses of strict liability and negligence-based responsibility in extra-contractual obligations (e.g., service robots in tort law). Since robots are here to stay, the aim of the law should be to wisely govern our mutual relationships.