The Handbook of Deontic Logic and Normative Systems presents a
detailed overview of the main lines of research on contemporary
deontic logic and related topics. Although building on decades
of previous work in the field, it is the first collection to
take into account the significant changes in the landscape of
deontic logic that have occurred in the past twenty years. These
changes have resulted largely, though not entirely, from the
interaction of deontic logic with a variety of other fields,
including computer science, legal theory, organizational theory,
economics, and linguistics.
This first volume of the Handbook is divided into three parts,
containing nine chapters in all, each written by leading experts
in the field. The first part concentrates on historical
foundations. The second examines topics of central interest in
contemporary deontic logic. The third presents some new logical
frameworks that have now become part of the mainstream
literature.
A second volume of the Handbook is currently in preparation, and
there may be a third after that.
