Modeling legal norms with computer programs Abstract The thesis is about the possibilities how to model programmable parts of law with computer. The goal was to create a working prototype of a computer model of a defined section of law. For this purpose the thesis set down a theory that included an analytical model of a legal system, compilation of the existing approaches in the computer domain focused on expert systems and representation Rules as Code and the factors to consider during the selection of a suitable domain to model. Based on that a custom logical model at the level of grammatical sentences was created, which was then transformed into a computer program. The thesis is concluded with the proposal to incorporate Rules as Code in the context of Czech legal and judicial system. In the theoretical framework the concept of a legal system is defined as a fundamental normative system, which claims itself to be both legitimate and enforceable. The thesis presents a model of legal domain usable for versatile legal systems, which covers phenomena such as collision of legal systems, metanorms, legal pluralism and finding of law by judges. It also describes how the content of law can be captured in a textual representation for modeling purposes in a legal commentary. A logical model of law based on...

La Constitution, entendue dans son acception la plus générale comme La marque suprême de souveraineté nationale, ne cesse d’évoluer au fil de l’approfondissement de la construction européenne. Un tel constat se manifeste à la fois dans le contenu matériel et normatif de la norme première, dans son aspect purement formel et dans son essence même. Pour s’en convaincre, il suffit de se reporter aux nombreuses révisions constitutionnelles ayant été effectuées sous la pression de l’intégration européenne. La doctrine évoque une communautarisation des Constitutions nationales voire une constitutionnalisation du droit communautaire. Dans cette optique, il convient de s’interroger, par le biais d’une démarche comparatiste évolutive, sur la portée effective et sur les conséquences de ces évolutions sur les contours et l’acception de la Constitution française.Est­-il encore possible d’évoquer un monopole de souveraineté pour caractériser cette dernière, face à l’exercice par l’Union européenne de la souveraineté transférée ? Est-­il réellement légitime, et juridiquement juste, de continuer à appréhender la Constitution à partir de son cadre national d’origine ? En d’autres termes, et d’une manière plus radicale, le concept de Constitution peut‐il encore être rattaché à un sens traditionnel et exclusif, tel qu’issu du droit interne? Face aux incertitudes européennes dont la norme suprême fait désormais l’objet, force est de dépasser le cadre d’étude fondamental traditionnel par la construction d’un nouveau concept de «Constitution», supplantant les principales définitions jusqu’ici admises. / The Constitution, taken in the most generally understood definition of supreme nationalauthority, is continuously evolving with the increasing structural complexity of the Europeancommunity . Such findings are in evidence not only in the material content and the normativestandard of the first degree but also in its purely formal aspect and its essence.To be persuaded this is happening, it is enough to look at the numerous constitutionalamendments brought about under the pressure of European integration.The tenet calls to mind a normalization of the national constitutions of member states into theframework of the European constitution .In this perspective, one has to ask through an evolutionary comparative step, whether thesechanges are being effective and the consequences they will have on the shaping andacceptance of the French Constitution.Is it still possible to think of the exclusive possessionof sovereignty when faced with the European Union transferred sovereignty rule.Is it truly legitimate and legally right to continue to perceive the constitution from its originalnational foundations. In other words and in a more radical way, can the concept ofConstitution be linked to a traditional and sole meaning as originating from a nationalprerogative.Faced with European uncertainties, whose legal supremacy has been put into question, onehas to go beyond the fundamentally traditional framework towards the building of a newconcept of "Constitution" which supersedes the main definitions as accepted to the presenttime.