This paper provides a formal framework for developing the idea of normative co-ordination. This idea is based on the assumption that agents can achieve flexible co-ordination by conferring normative positions to other agents. These positions include duties, permissions, and powers. In particular, we introduce the idea of declarative power, i.e. the capacity of the power holder of creating normative positions by simply "proclaiming" such positions. We account also for the concepts of representation - the representative's capacity of acting in the name of his principal -, and mandate the mandate's duty to act as the mandator has requested.
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