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  1. Division of AI, Cognitive and Interaction, Modelling Institute of Psychology, CNR, Rome, Italy

    Rosaria Conte & Rino Falcone

  2. School of Law, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN

    Giovanni Sartor

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Conte, R., Falcone, R. & Sartor, G. Introduction: Agents and Norms: How to fill the gap?. Artificial Intelligence and Law 7, 1–15 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008397328506

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