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.