# Dynamic Logic of Legal Competences

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.04454 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2110.04454/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 0 of its 46 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 9 Oct 2021.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Understanding Privacy by Formalizing It](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2606.20609/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We propose a new formalization of legal competences, and in particular for the Hohfeldian categories of power and immunity, through a deontic reinterpretation of dynamic epistemic logic. We argue that this logic explicitly captures the norm-changing character of legal competences while providing a sophisticated reduction of the latter to static normative positions. The logic is completely axiomatizable, and we apply it to a concrete case in German contract law to illustrate that it can capture the distinction between legal ability and legal permissibility.