We introduce the theoretical principles that underlie the design of a software tool which could be used by judges for making decisions about litigations and for writing judgements. The tool is based on Binary Decision Diagrams (BDD), which are graphical representations of truth-valued functions associated to propositional formulas. Given a type of litigation, the tool asks questions to the judge; each question is represented by a propositional atom. Their answers, true or false, allow to evaluate the truth value of the formula which encodes the overall recommendation of the software about the litigation. Our approach combines some sort of 'theoretical' or 'legal' reasoning dealing with the core of the litigation itself together with some sort of 'procedural' reasoning dealing with the protocol that has to be followed by the judge during the trial: some questions must necessarily be examined and sometimes in a specific order. That is why we consider extensions of BDD called Multi-BDD. They are BDD with multiple roots corresponding to the different specific issues that must necessarily be addressed by the judge during the trial. We illustrate our ideas on a case study dealing with French trade union elections which has been used throughout our project with the Cour de cassation. We also introduce the prototype developed during our project and a link with restricted access to try it out.

Résumé Quand les aides publiques font défaut ou qu’elles ne répondent pas aux besoins, ce sont des formes d’entraide qui permettent de tenir. Mais, informelles, elles sont aussi fragiles et parfois risquées. Une reconnaissance juridique de ces activités essentielles est-elle possible ?

Le développement récent des organisations en réseaux engendre l’évanescence des « macro-acteurs » que sont les grandes organisations formelles et fait ainsi surgir un nouveau problème de responsabilité sociale des organisations économiques. Pour en sortir, une redéfinition de l’objet « organisation » et de son analyse sont nécessaires. Elle doit permettre de penser les externalités de réseau et d’identifier des modes de traitement — entre autres juridiques — de leurs conséquences en matière de responsabilité. Les quatre brèves contributions présentées dans ce dossier (deux signées par des sociologues, deux par des juristes) esquissent une manière de traiter ces réalités organisationnelles contemporaines.

Revue internationale du TravailVolume 144, Issue 1 p. 5-30 Le droit du travail face aux nouvelles formes d'organisation des entreprises Marie-Laure MORIN, Marie-Laure MORIN *Directrice de recherche au Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), con-seiller a la Cour de cassation, France. Courriel: marie-laure.morin@justice.fr.Search for more papers by this author Marie-Laure MORIN, Marie-Laure MORIN *Directrice de recherche au Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), con-seiller a la Cour de cassation, France. Courriel: marie-laure.morin@justice.fr.Search for more papers by this author First published: 22 September 2008 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1564-913X.2005.tb00519.xCitations: 17AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume144, Issue1March 2005Pages 5-30 RelatedInformation

Revista Internacional del TrabajoVolume 124, Issue 1 p. 5-30 El derecho del trabajo ante los nuevos modos de organización de la empresa Marie-Laure MORIN, Marie-Laure MORIN *Directora de Investigaciones del Centra Nacional de Investigatión Científica (CNRS) y consejera del Tribunal de Casación de Francia. Directión electrónica: marie-laure.morin@justice.fr.Search for more papers by this author Marie-Laure MORIN, Marie-Laure MORIN *Directora de Investigaciones del Centra Nacional de Investigatión Científica (CNRS) y consejera del Tribunal de Casación de Francia. Directión electrónica: marie-laure.morin@justice.fr.Search for more papers by this author First published: 22 September 2008 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1564-913X.2005.tb00350.xCitations: 2AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume124, Issue1March 2005Pages 5-30 RelatedInformation