Some remarks on algebras with straightening laws

First in order to investigate deformation of ASLs, we define the moduli space of ASLs on a given poset. And we give an inequality between the depth of general ASLs and that of the corresponding Stanley-Reisner ring, which includes the fundamental theorem on ASLs by De Concini, Eisenbud and Procesi (1982). Secondly we give a counter-example of the following conjecture of Hibi: If there exist an ASL on a finite poset H over a field k which is an integral domain then H is Cohen-Macaulay over k, i.e., the Stanlay-Reisner ring k[H] of H is Cohen-Macaulay.